Fantastic Zeppelin pictures.

[Globalti]

Found these linked on Airliners.net: http://home.comcast.net/~bzee1b/Zeppelin/Zeppelin.html

Well worth a look.

 

[Spinney]

Nice! Someone had a good day out. He did mention a few times how big it was - but I suspect it would have been dwarfed by the original Zeppelins.

(I've seen the Hollywood film with Michael York, and the one about the Hindenburg, so I know all about them!! )

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I was expecting to see some 70s rockers rather than a balloon ride!!

Great pics of San Francisco and the Zeppelin looks a very civilised way to get around.

 

[Globalti]

The BBC were showing an old documentary a few weeks ago about the first Zeppelin trip around the world; I caught different bits of it at different times and it was fascinating, not only for the actual footage but also for the commentary and the characters amongst the passengers, which were clear enough for you to get a very good impression of the mood of the time.

Wiki is good on Zeppelins too.

 

[Tim Bennet.]

I think this pictures really sums up what 'car culture' means.

However, they do have public transport (bus shuttles) to get people from the car parks to the stadium!

 

[mickle]

Great images, thanks.

 

[Bay Runner]

Brillant thanks for sharing

 

[Haitch]

The BBC were showing an old documentary a few weeks ago about the first Zeppelin trip around the world; I caught different bits of it at different times and it was fascinating, not only for the actual footage but also for the commentary and the characters amongst the passengers, which were clear enough for you to get a very good impression of the mood of the time.

Was that Farewell? It was on at the filmhouse here earlier this month but I didn't get a chance to see it.

 

[Arch]

Wow...

I wanna!

Sticking your head out of the window! How cool is that!

 

[longers]

It's a really good link that, ta.

I'd love to go up in one, especially over San Francisco. Could go to Tollers house for a brew/beer afterwards.

 

[TheDoctor]

They have them at Freidrichshafen, on the German side of Lake Constance. A snip at 200 Euro and up...

 

[Arch]

Nooooooooooooo! I'm going there in a month!

(But to look at bikes, at Spezi....)

 

[Arch]

No I'm not. Wrong bikeshow. Spezi is Germersheim.

Still my first visit to Germany anyway.

And Germersheim has a Zeppelinstrasse, and Zeppelin connections.

 

[Globalti]

Was that Farewell? It was on at the filmhouse here earlier this month but I didn't get a chance to see it.

Yes, that was it; a curiously fascinating film.

 

[mickle]

Spezi Archer?