AlHazred Posted June 3, 2010 Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 Re: Zeppelins For an ancient Chinese design, you can check out this post, with a writeup for Shi Huang Ti's Five Heavens Chariot (complete with crew composed of Terra Cotta Warriors). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted June 22, 2010 Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 Re: Zeppelins http://www.airshipventures.com/ I'm saving up for a trip. I filled out a survey and won a trip. I go up on Wednesday. If you live in either the San Francisco Bay Area or in Long Beach, you can still enter to win a trip, since they're going to draw another winner for June. Here's the survey I took (I'm not plugging the site; just hoping you'll get lucky too). Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Mackinder Posted June 22, 2010 Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 Re: Zeppelins I filled out a survey and won a trip. I go up on Wednesday. Congrats. Let us know how it goes. eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted June 22, 2010 Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 Re: Zeppelins Congrats. Let us know how it goes. eh? But of course! I'll post some pictures as well. And thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 22, 2010 Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 Re: Zeppelins Just you don't go plummeting to the ground, tkd! I forbid it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted June 22, 2010 Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 Re: Zeppelins Yeah, you might damage the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 Re: Zeppelins Don't worry, I don't plan on plummeting to the ground and damaging it. I'd only get arrested, and then I wouldn't be able to post any pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Re: Zeppelins Just a quick update: It was a lot of fun, and it ended sooner than I wished. I'll post details and pictures this weekend, as I'm dead tired, and I have to get up early tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RexMundi Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Re: Zeppelins We demand Zeppelin Fix! Heh...... ~Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Re: Zeppelins The Zeppelin took off around 10:25 and rose to an altitude of about 1000 feet. We flew over Stanford University and the Linear Accelerator. The winds were pretty high, which made the flight a bit bumpy. So some of my pictures didn't come out well. Unfortunately, those include the accelerator and the campus tower. But I was able to take other photos of the campus and the area. One of them was taken from the bathroom that has great view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Re: Zeppelins Here are some pictures of the campus and one of the hangars. Also included is the model of an airship that is in front of the Airship Ventures building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Re: Zeppelins And of course, pictures of the dirigible itself. After the flight, we had a champagne toast and the staff gave us certificates to commemorate our flight. After that was a trip to the airship museum. Pictures coming up after I've resized them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Mackinder Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Re: Zeppelins Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Re: Zeppelins Thanks for the pictures. Sounds like it was great fun. Of course, now it's all waiting until you get to fly on an intercontinental dirigible liner. Stupid technology. What's taking it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RexMundi Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Re: Zeppelins Thanks for the pictures. Sounds like it was great fun. Of course, now it's all waiting until you get to fly on an intercontinental dirigible liner. Stupid technology. What's taking it? I'd be all for a return of the great Zeppelins myself. Still. Folks are Impatient now a days. Need to be there Yesterday. Maybe if we're lucky, the Casino's will jump on the idea, and give us the Graf Vegas to float around on and play poker in style.... ~Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Carman Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Re: Zeppelins I'd be all for a return of the great Zeppelins myself. Still. Folks are Impatient now a days. Need to be there Yesterday. Maybe if we're lucky, the Casino's will jump on the idea, and give us the Graf Vegas to float around on and play poker in style.... ~Rex Ah yes, the "Bayside Blimp" (an old Digital Hero article). Despite the alliterative name, it was a rigid-frame airship. And the casino used solid gold chips for the highest denomination (the value in metal was less that the chip's value, but some customers liked them as souvenirs). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Re: Zeppelins I'd be all for a return of the great Zeppelins myself. Still. Folks are Impatient now a days. Need to be there Yesterday. Maybe if we're lucky, the Casino's will jump on the idea, and give us the Graf Vegas to float around on and play poker in style.... ~Rex I like that idea! It can be a variant of the airship hotel (see the video on page 1). There have been a few concepts involving airships; it's just a matter of finding buyers. I heard on Wednesday a new Zeppelin is ready to be built in Friedrichshafen. All they need is a buyer. Unfortunately, I also heard the Nippon Airship Corporation has gone bankrupt, so the fate of the airship it bought is in the air, so to speak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DusterBoy Posted June 26, 2010 Report Share Posted June 26, 2010 Re: Zeppelins Great pix all, TKDGuy, thanx! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burrito Boy Posted June 29, 2010 Report Share Posted June 29, 2010 Re: Zeppelins Thanks for the pictures, tkdguy! I'm so jealous right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Desmarais Posted July 2, 2010 Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 Re: Zeppelins This story needs to be included: Huge airships to carry freight starting 10 years from now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted July 2, 2010 Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 Re: Zeppelins We can only hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burrito Boy Posted July 2, 2010 Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 Re: Zeppelins This story needs to be included: Huge airships to carry freight starting 10 years from now I think I'm in love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted July 2, 2010 Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 Re: Zeppelins This story needs to be included: Huge airships to carry freight starting 10 years from now Doesn't that story come out every ten years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Obvious Posted July 2, 2010 Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 Re: Zeppelins And of course' date=' pictures of the dirigible itself. After the flight, we had a champagne toast and the staff gave us certificates to commemorate our flight. After that was a trip to the airship museum. Pictures coming up after I've resized them.[/quote'] So, where are the pictures of you sword-fighting Nazi gorillas on top of the airship? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted July 3, 2010 Report Share Posted July 3, 2010 Re: Zeppelins So' date=' where are the pictures of you sword-fighting Nazi gorillas on top of the airship?[/quote'] It turns out Nazi gorillas are camera shy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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