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Japanese zeppelin NT – Nippon Airship Corporation bankrupt

admin — Mon, 31 May 2010 12:38:59 +0000

The operator of the zeppelin NT in Japan, the NIPPON AIRSHIP CORPORATION is bankrupt. All operations have been terminated, even the website is no longer online. Let’s hope that the zeppelin is back in the sky soon.

Source: http://www.tdb.co.jp/tosan/syosai/3286.html

NIPPON AIRSHIP CORPORATION website: http://www.nac-airship.com/

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Zeppelin LZ-129 Hindenburg crash cover from May 6, 1937

admin — Thu, 06 May 2010 17:50:14 +0000

Flying from Frankfurt, Germany to Lakehurst, NJ, USA, zeppelin LZ-129 HINDENBURG carried on the 1st North America Flight 1937 a total of 8 mail bags containing 17,609 cards, covers and parcels. When approaching Lakehurst, the airship burst into flames. Only 368 of the 17,609 postal items were salvaged after the crash, most of them in more or less bad condition.

The illustrated postcard survived the crash and was found in the wreckage of LZ-129 HINDENBURG – the picture side of the card illustrates the good old days of airship travel while parts of the card were burnt. The stamp in the top left corner was washed off another postcard and stuck on this card.

Today, crash covers from the 1937 LZ-129 HINDENBURG disaster are rare collectible items.

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Zeppelin LZ-5, Z-II strands at Weilburg, 100 years ago

admin — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 08:38:52 +0000

100 years ago, on April 25, 1910, German airship Zeppelin LZ-5, which was also known as military airship Z-II, stranded at Weilburg and was completely destroyed.

Contemporary newspaper reports about that crash can be found here: http://www.weilburg-lahn.info/zeppelin/z2_3.htm

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Zeppelin Post Journal, Spring2010 issue

admin — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:26:39 +0000

The Spring2010 issue of the ZEPPELIN POST JOURNAL is done, a sneak preview is online at http://www.ezep.de/zpj/2010sp.html

Zeppelin NT 2010 flight season started at Friedrichshafen

admin — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:41:49 +0000

The 10th flight season of the Friedrichshafen based Zeppelin NT has started. The Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei operating the airship is expecting the 100.000th Zeppelin NT passenger this year.

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