tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post4153917510769249286..comments2024-03-27T10:17:14.784+00:00Comments on Eclectic Ephemera: Airship's 'glorious' history project goes onlineBruce Partington-Planshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11336280062885272950noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-32203259844512329422020-08-11T17:04:09.692+01:002020-08-11T17:04:09.692+01:00Thanks Pipestrello - yes I'm all for enthusias...Thanks Pipestrello - yes I'm all for enthusiasm for one's subject (and heaven knows I can wax lyrical on airships with the best of them) but Sita does take it to the next level somewhat! I'm glad you've been enjoying my previous zeppelin posts; as it happens I watched the <i>Graf Zeppelin</i> documentary yesterday as well, to commemorate the 91st anniversary of its around-the-world flight. I had great joy in revisiting the jaw-dropping footage (less so the "doomed love story" that was shoe-horned in) and am delighted to note that others have enjoyed it too.Bruce Partington-Planshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11336280062885272950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-84129023107098124282020-08-07T02:17:43.857+01:002020-08-07T02:17:43.857+01:00Thanks for providing all of these good links (alth...Thanks for providing all of these good links (although Sita the Community Champion's pep is rather much for first thing in the morning, hahah!) I've been enjoying your back edition of Zeppelin posts and watched the terrific 1929 Graf Zeppelin documentary you linked some years ago the other day and have sent it along the line, to the pleasure both Mr P and another aviation aficionado in my life. What fabulous footage!Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-66218327573060668432020-08-03T16:11:49.735+01:002020-08-03T16:11:49.735+01:00I've never even been fortunate enough to see t...I've never even been fortunate enough to see the Goodyear blimp - the modern Zeppelins seem limited to Germany and the Airlander is still in development and only flew briefly from Cardington a few years ago. Hopefully it and similar projects will get going soon and we'll be able to see airships taking to the skies again one day. The solar panels idea is a good one - I know there have been such suggestions in relation to airships designed for use in the upper atmosphere (and on other planets!) - https://eclecticephemera.blogspot.com/2015/01/space-zeppelins-of-future.htmlBruce Partington-Planshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11336280062885272950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-5979041923236495692020-07-31T19:33:04.366+01:002020-07-31T19:33:04.366+01:00Very interesting project. I'm too young to hav...Very interesting project. I'm too young to have ever seen one of the great airships, only ever saw the Goodyear blimp. I like the lighter than air ships and hope some day someone builds a large Zeppelin size one solar powered. There is a huge surface area for solar cells and with modern electronics controlled motors I think they'd be fantastic.Bill Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14649212489891769390noreply@blogger.com