In the beginning of the 20th century, if you wanted to cross the Atlantic, you bought a trip on a ship. But after British ...
Before the modern jumbo jet and its first class suites, the biggest and grandest thing in luxury air travel was the German Zeppelin Airship. Of all the massive Zeppelin's constructed, the most ...
The Graf Zeppelin accomplished several aviation firsts, including the first commercial transatlantic flight, and a round-the-world flight. The airship had a luxurious gondola with private cabins ...
The larger they grew the safer they became in the air. And the larger they grew the more like the ocean steamship they became in their appointments. A modern Zeppelin or Parseval, with its huge ...
Rightly so, the smoking room was separated from the rest of the Zeppelin by an airlock and the room was kept at a positive air pressure so no hydrogen could leak in. In addition, no open flames ...
Goodyear will celebrate the 100th anniversary of its famed airships by bringing two of them to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in 2025. The 72nd Experimental Aircraft Association ...
And they come out, and they can see this airship in the sky, 'caught in the searchlights. HISTORIAN:'And then as this zeppelin moves across the sky, 'suddenly there's an aeroplane in pursuit.