First Flight of New Zeppelin Airship Completed
Airship to enter commercial service in June, head for US in September 2008
Airship Ventures Press Release
May 21, 2008
Friedrichshafen, Germany and Moffett Field, California – May 21, 2008 – Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik and Airship Ventures today announced the successful first flight of the fourth, and latest, Zeppelin NT airship over Friedrichshafen, Germany.
Construction of the fourth Zeppelin NT airship having recently been completed, the ship was handed over to the flight test department to begin the testing phase. The hangar doors opened and the airship left the 360 foot long hangar for the first time since the start of airframe assembly in March 2007. ...
Two weeks earlier, May 7, Airship Ventures had announced successful completion of an $8 million Series A Preferred Stock financing, which has allowed the company to finalize preparations for commencement of operations in the US this fall.
http://www.airshipventures.com/pr_08_05_21.html
1 comments:
I'll be listening out for news of the New Zeppelin once it hits the newspapers and tv screens here in Ireland. What pearls can you suggest for building a starship in space using 21st century conventional technology? Is the sun enough to power a proper starship, required to tow or bump an asteroid or do we need an alternative energy source?
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