Purpose
- To provide information concerning lighter-than-air
craft.
- To serve as a hub to related sites.
- To act as a starting point in your own investigations.
I try to keep my websites current though other committments
may prevent me from so doing. Please let me know of any link or address
that has changed so I may keep the information listed here current.
Feedback is always welcome. I try to answer all questions
or refer them to others.
Outline/Quick Look
Announcements
Books: Fiction
Books: Non-Fiction
Internet: Discussion Lists
Internet: Research Tools
Internet: Usenet Groups
Internet: Web Sites
Libraries
Media: Documentaries
Media: Feature Films
Media: Music
Models
Museums
Resource Centers
Stamps
Announcements
ZEPPELIN
MUSEUM FRIEDRICHSHAFEN: Now Open!
LTA TECHNICAL CONFERENCE
San Francisco, California / USA / 1997
The LTA Technical Committee is pleased to announce
that it is soliciting technical papers for its 1997 LTA Technical Conference
to be held in San Francisco, CA, USA in June. Anyone who would like a copy
of the Call to Papers, please respond to [email protected]
directly and he will email a copy of the Call in .TXT format. Requesting
a copy of the Call to Papers does not obligate you to writing a paper.
If you are going to submit a paper you will also need
a "Abstract Submittal Form" which is required by AIAA. You can
download this form at AIAA's home page at: http:www.aiaa.org/calendar/abstract-pdf.html
Books: Fiction
Additions & corrections are welcomed!
Florence, Ronald
Zeppelin
NY-Arbor House-1982
Moorcock, Michael
The Warlord of the Air
NY-Daw Books-1971, 1978
"It's about a world where the airship rules instead
of the airplane. Makes for very neat reading. Most interestingly, it was
apparently written in 1903 by Mr. Moorcock's grandfather. Manuscript found
in 1971, and published." -- Thomas Frank
Books: Non-Fiction
Additions & corrections are welcomed!
Althoff, William H.
Sky
Ships: A History of the Airship in the United States Navy
Pacifica Press
The history of Naval Airships and Lakehurst
Included here is a chapter: The Life and Death of
the Hindenburg
Archbold, Rick
Hindenburg:
An Illustrated History
NY-Warner-1994-ISBN: 0446517844
Brooks, Peter W.
Zeppelin: Rigid Airships, 1893-1940
Washington, D.C.-Smithsonian Institution Press-1992-ISBN:
1560982284
Countryman, Barry
R100 IN CANADA
Erin, Ont: Boston Mills Press, 1982
Cross, Wilbur
Zeppelins of World War 1
NY-Paragon-1991
Dick, Harold G. with Douglas T. Robinson
The Golden Age of Great Passenger Ships: Graf Zeppelin
and Hindenburg
Washinton, DC-Smithsonian-1991
Eckener, Hugo
My Zeppelins
London-Putnam-1958
Translated from the German By Douglas Robinson. With
a technical paper by Knut Eckener
Im Zeppelin uber Lander und Meere
Flensburg-Verlagshaus Christian Wolff-1949
Higham, Robin
THE BRITISH RIGID AIRSHIP, 1908-1913
London, G.T. Foulis, 1962
Jamison, T.W.
Icarus over the Humber: TheLast Flight of Airship
R.38/ZR-2
Hull-Lampada Press-1994-ISBN: 1-873811-03-9
"... an authorative account of the R.38/ZR-2
tragedy ..."
Kleinheins, Peter
Die grossen Zeppeline
ISBN: 3-18-400687-5
This book is hard to find in the US as it is a German
publication printed in German, but you may find it in university libraries
or by ordering it through a bookstore.
Layman, R.D.
Dirigibles,
Airships, and Blimps
Annapolis-Naval Institute Press-1996
London-Chatham Publishing-1996
Masefield, Peter G.
TO RIDE THE STORM - THE STORY OF AIRSHIP R101
London, Kimber, 1982
Meyer, Henry Cord
AIRSHIPMEN, BUSINESSMEN & POLITICS, 1890-1940
Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991
Morpurgo, J.E.
BARNES WALLIS - A BIOGRAPHY [Builder of R100]
London, Longman, 1972
Nobile
Soviet airship program
(no verified information)
Payne, Lee
Lighter Than Air
NY-Orion Books-1991
Robinson, Douglas Hill
Giants
in the Sky: A History of the Rigid Airship
3rd edition: Seattle-University of Washington Press-1979-ISBN:
0295952490
Robinson, Douglas H. [with Harold G. Dick]
THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE GREAT PASSENGER AIRSHIPS GRAF
ZEPPELIN AND HINDENBURG
Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press 1985
Robinson, Douglas H. [with Charles L. Keller]
"UP SHIP" U.S. NAVY RIGID AIRSHIPS 1919-1935
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1982
The
Zeppelin in Combat: A History of the German Naval Airship Division, 1912-1918
2nd edition: Atglen, PA-Schiffer Military/Aviation
History-1994-ISBN: 088740510X
Shock, John (compiler)
U.S. Navy Pressure Airships: 1915-1962: a history
of U.S. Navy airships (non- rigid, semi-rigid and metalclad) by individual
airships
New Smyrna Beach-M&T Printers-1994-ISBN: 0963974335
Smith, Richard K.
The Airships Akron & Macon: Flying Aircraft Carriers
of the United States Navy
Annapolis-Naval Institute Press-1965-ISBN: 0870210653
Toland, John
Ships in the Sky
NY-Holt-1957
Vaeth, J. Gordon
Blimps and U-Boats
Annapolis-Naval Institue Press-
Navy blimps in Word War
Ventry, A.F. de Molyns and Kolesnik, Eugene
R-36: Airship Saga
Dorset-Blandford Press-1980
Note: Meyer's AIRSHIPMEN and Dick-Robinson's GRAF ZEP
& HINDENBURG are still available ath the Smithsonian Institution Press,
Marketing Department, 470 L'Enfant Plaza, Washington, D.C. 20560
For Young Readers
Hood, Peter
When Zeppelins flew
NY-Time-Life Books-1969
Tanaka, Shelly
Disaster of the Hindenburg: the Last Flight of the
Greatest Airship Ever Built
NY-Scholastic/Madison Press -1993-ISBN: 0590457500
Internet: Discussion Lists
A I R S H I P - l i s t
An unmoderated list for the discussion of topics pertaining
to lighter-than-air (helium/hydrogen) gas-filled airships: dirigibles,
blimps, balloons. Both contemporary and historical aspects are welcome.
Subjects covered include Zeppelins, U.S. Navy airships, British dirigibles,
and the like.
Should you wish to subscribe yourself to this list,
send a message to:
[email protected]
with the subject line being blank and the content of
your message being:
subscribe airship-list yourfirstname yourlastname
e.g.:
subscribe airship-list Hugo Eckener
Should you wish to unsubscribe yourself to this list,
follow the above instructions but substitute the word "unsubscribe"
for "subscribe" in the message.
This is the first time I've undertaken a list. The
beginning may be a bit shaky so hang in there while we get this list off
the ground. Announced: 4 January 1996.
LTA-BUILDER
This mailing list is primarily for those interested
in building balloons, (gas or hot air), airships, or anything else that
is a lighter-than-air craft, but anyone is welcome to join.
To subscribe to LTA-Builder, send a message:
TO: [email protected]
SUBJECT: Subscribe
"Subscribe" must be the subject (without
quotes)
BALLOON-NEWS
This mailing list is primarily for balloon club newsletter
editors, but anyone is welcome to join. Editors are encouraged to post
any and all articles they have written which may be reprinted by other
club newsletters.
When posting to the list, make sure you include the
author's name and the name of your club and newsletter.
You may post only those articles that you have written
and own rights to, or you must have been granted permission by the copyright
owner for the article to be reproduced by those subscribing to the list.
By posting to this list, you warrant that you grant or have been granted
reproduction rights for each message or article you post. You also specifically
grant permission for any other balloon club newsletters to reprint the
contents of your message.
To subscribe to Balloon-News, send a message:
TO: balloon-
[email protected]
SUBJECT: Subscribe
"Subscribe" must be the subject (without
quotes)
LTA-FORSALE
This mailing list is basically a trading post for balloons
and related stuff. You can advertise something you'd like to get rid of,
or list items you are looking for.
To subscribe to LTA-for-Sale, send a message:
TO: [email protected]
SUBJECT: Subscribe
"Subscribe" must be the subject (without
quotes)
If you have any questions or comments regarding LTA-BUILDER,
BALLOON- NEWS, or LTA-FOR-SALE, please contact:
Jim Whitesell
Internet: Research Tools
ALTA
VISTA
Fast and efficient, supports phrase searching using
quotation marks. Can also search newsgroup postings.
INFOSEEK
Net searching.
INTERNET
DISCOVERY CENTER
UCB guide to learning the web.
LYCOS
Search tool with some annotated links by subject.
OPEN TEXT
INDEX
Supports phrase and boolean searching. Also lets you
search for related items.
Internet: Usenet Groups:
rec.aviation.announce
| rec.aviation.answers | rec.aviation.misc
These usenet groups are the closest to LTA subjects that I have found.
If you know of some closer, I would be glad to post them here.
rec.collecting.stamps
Web Sites
--- Lighter-Than-Air ---
AIRSHIP
AND BLIMP RESOURCES
Several avenues of airship exploration
AIRSHIP
ASSOCIATION
1996 International Convention and Exhibition in Bedford,
England
AIRSHIPS
AND ZEPPELINS
Wide variety of airship related materials
AIRSHIP
SQUADRON 3
A slice of LTA history in Airship Squadron 3 (ZP-3)
from 1954 to 1956
AIRSHIPS
ARCHIVES
A few blimp and hot-air balloon images
AKRON
(ZRS-4)
A brief textfile history of the USN Akron
ALBUQUERQUE
INTERNATIONAL BALLOON FIESTA
Kodak's site for the annual event
BALLOONING
ONLINE
Comprehensive source for ballooning information
BLIMPS
All about blimps
CANADIAN
BALL BLIMP
Popular Mechanics: "Beachball is Blimp"
DIRIGIBLES,
AIRSHIPS, AND BLIMPS
By R. D. Layman, author of: Naval Aviation in the
First World War: Its Impact and Influence. To be jointly published Sep-1996
by Chatham Publishing, London and the Naval Institute Press, Annapolis
FRACTAL
GALLERY
Trenches on the Web includes WWI Zeppelin images.
A fractal viewer id required and access provided.
GATINEAU
Host, 1996 Hot-Air Balloon Festival & 1998 World
Airship Championship
GOODYEAR
BLIMP SCHEDULE
Where to look for the Goodyear Blimp, but no dates
HEXNET
AIRSHIP SYSTEMS
A proposal for a hexafoil-shaped lta vehicle
HINDENBURG:
AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY
Time-Warner's very informative site for the Rick Archbold
book
HINDENBURG
DISASTER (AUDIO)
Demise of the LZ129, recorded 6 May 1937 (39'04"),
software on their homepage
THE
HISTORY OF AIRSHIPS
Some pictures of the Norge, a cloud car, the Graf
Zeppelin, etc.
LIGHTER-THAN-AIR
SOCIETY
Homepage for Buoyant Flight
MARVIN'S
AIRSHIP SERVER
An RPA site
METLIFE
BLIMP
Evertything you wanted to know about the MetLife Blimp
MOFFETT
FEDERAL AIRFIELD
A history of the former western home of US airships
NAVAL
AIR STATION - RICHMOND
Home of the 25 ships of ZP-21 (Patrol, Airship Squadron
21) and Airship Wing 2
NAVAL AIRSHIP
ASSOCIATION, INC.
Non-private, non-profit center for U.S. Navy LTA experience
S
C H � T T E - L A N Z
Homepage for the Luftschiffbau Sch�tte-Lanz
SMALL
AIRSHIP HOMEPAGE (JAPAN)
Ogura Tamaki
SOLOMAN
ANDREWS
The first dirigible?
SOLAR-POWERED
RIGIDS
Uniques shape and design
UP
SHIP!
A 30 picture Zeppelin portfolio, bibliography, and
related links
USS
A I R S H I P
The website for U.S. Navy airships. Under construction
WELCOME/WILLKOMMEN
Josef Buechelmeier's homepage (Friedrichshafen), scroll
down to Neues vom Zeppelin
WORLDWIDE AEROS
The wide world of aerostats
Z
E P P E L I N
Homepage for the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin
Z
E P P E L I N G R A P H I C S
Travel posters, airmail, illustrations, and more
ZEPPELIN
LIBRARY ARCHIVE
A very informative site about Zeppelins past and future
ZEPPELINS:
MONSTERS OF THE PURPLE TWILIGHT
The role of Zeppelins in World War I
--- Aviation Museums Online ---
NATIONAL
AIR & SPACE MUSEUM (SMITHSONIAN)
Multilayered, fascinating, and informative.
CARDINGTON
LABORATORY
Former home of the R100, now a major multi-disciplinary
international research centre
R100
IN CANADA
Written by Dr. Renald Fortier for the National
Aviation Museum, Canada
UNITED
STATES AIR FORCE MUSEUM
An information page about the Wright-Patterson AFB
facility in Dayton, Ohio.
--- General Aviation Resources ---
AIR&SPACE
HOMEPAGE
Air&Space Smithsonian Magazine features and website
guide
AIR AFFAIR
All
manner of flying machines and devices.
AVIATION SERVER
FAA,
FAR, archives, gophers, etc..
AVIATION
DATABASES
Rules,
regs, alerts, etc pertaining to aviation.
AVIATION
IMAGES
A
central site for aviation-related photographs.
AVIATION
PHOTOGRAPHY
Varied
and informative.
AVIATION
SOARING AND HANG GLIDING
World-wide
links.
WEATHER
INFORMATION
Global
links for-to-date weather information.
---
Related Commercial Items ---
ACTS
Aerospace
Construction Technical Services Ltd
AIRSHIP GALLERY
A
managerie of information and products for airship enthusiasts.
ANDREW HESS: ILLUSTRATION
& ANIMATION
Computer
graphic design featuring the Graf
Zeppelin and Hindenburg.
FLY HIGH WITH ZEPPELIN
Manage
an airship company with this CD-ROM game of strategy.
HISTORICAL
AIRCRAFT BY DOT
Scroll
down. Select "Hindenburg". Copy and connect the dots.
INSIDE THE
GRAF ZEPPELIN
Forthcoming
3D reproduction from the National Stereoptic Association.
LUFTSCHIFF: ZEPPELIN
COMBAT
WW1
aerial combat board game for one or two players.
MICHAEL MOTT
Fanciful
airships over strange terrains. Also featured artist at Metatools.
PAPMOBIL
Paper
model airship kits for sale include: Zeppelin NZ, LZ N07, Solarluftschiff,
LOTTE and soon GRAF ZEPPELIN, JFS
VALHALLA AEROSTATION
Buyers
and sellers of all materials pertaining to LTA flight.
ZEBEDEE LIST
A
comprehensive list of secondhand items for sale for balloonists.
---
Web Viewer ---
NETSCAPE
Websites
are best viewed with Netscape. This site provides a copy.
Libraries
Another section getting under way. Please feel free to make suggestions.
USAFA
Gimbel Aeronautical History Library
Media:
Documentaries
Additions
& corrections are welcomed!
The Blimp is Back! (WBGH/ (PBS,
1991)
Covers
the history of LTA and the recent blimp manufacturers, including Cyclo-Crane,
Skyships, American Blimp Corporation, and Heliostat.
Brute
Force: Airships (The History
Channel
/ A&E,
1993)
Looks
at the military role airships have played as flying aircraft carriers,
in anti-submarine warfare, etc .
The
Hindenburg (The History
Channel
/ A&E,
1996)
The
great passenger airship set in historical context. First broadcast 21 Jan
96. VHS: 1-800-423-1212.
"Hindenburg
Disaster"? (Discovery Channel,
199?)
Spirit
of Survival series. Anyone have information on this one?
Lighter
Than Air Series (The Learning
Channel
A&E,
1993)
First
broadcast 4 April 1996.
Rubber
Planes (Discovery Channel,
199?)
A
"Wings" episode which includes Goodyear blimp footage from the
1960s and 80s.
Weapons
at War: Airships (The History
Channel,
1996)
An
intriguing account of the German Zeppelin Bomber, the U.S.S. Los Angeles,
and other airships that captured the imagination of engineers and military
brass around the world. Broadcast 1&6 April 1996.
Does
anyone remember the "Wings Over the World" episode devoted to
"Giants of the Sky"? For current aviation videos available in
the UK,check "Fly Past" or "Aeroplane".
Media:
Feature Films
Additions
& corrections are welcomed!
Movie
information links provided courtesy of the Internet
Movie Database
Above the Clouds (Columbia, 1934)
Features
footage from "Dirigible"
A
newsphotographer scoops his rivals with the story
Assassination
Bureau
(Paramount, 1969)
climatic
swordfight in the framework of an early Zeppelin
Oliver
Reed, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas
Basil
Dearden, director
Black
Sunday
(Paramount, 1976)
SuperBowl
blimp
Robert
Shaw, Bruce Dern, Marthe Keller
John
Frankenheimer, director
Charlie
Chan at the Olympics
(20th Century-Fox, 1937)
Warner
Oland, Keye Luke
H.
Bruce Humberstone, director
Chan
boards the Hindenburg from NYC to Europe to arrive ahead of a suspect on
an oceanliner.
Chitty
Chitty Bang Bang
(UA, 1968)
Based
on a book by Ian Flemming
Dick
Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries
Albert
R. Broccoli, producer
Ken
Hughes, director
Cold
Turkey (MGM, 1971)
Goodyear
Blimp flashes message on night sign
Dick
Van Dyke, Bob Newhart, Jean Stapleton
Norman
Lear, director
Dirigible
(Columbia, 1931)
Airships,
airplanes, and the South Pole
Based
on a story by Frank Wead
Features
the U.S.S. "Los Angeles" and Lakehurst
Frank
Capra, director
Don
Winslow of the Navy (Columbia?, 1943)
13-chapter
serial features a U.S. Navy rigid airship in several chapters
Don
Terry, Walter Sands, Anne Nagel
Ford
Beebe and Ray Taylor, directors
Foreign
Correspondent
(UA, 1940)
Joel
McCrea, Larainne Day, Herbert Marshall
Alfred
Hitchcock, director
The
Great Race
(WB, 1965)
Jack
Lemmon as "Professor Fate" accompanied by Peter Falk
includes
a hot-air balloon and a fanciful airship to spy on Tony Curtis
Blake
Edwards, director
Hell's
Angels
(Astor Pictures, 1930)
Ben
Lyon, James Hall, Jean Harlow
Hughes'
WW1 saga with dramatic Zeppelin scenes
Help!
(UA, 1965)
The
Beatles, from Beethoven to Blimp
Richard
Lester, director
The
Hindenburg
(Universal, 1975)
last
flight of the LZ129
George
C. Scott, Anne Bancroft, William Atherton
Robert
Wise, director
Hope
and Glory
(Columbia, 1987)
WWI
barrage balloon
Sarah
Miles, David Hayman, Derrick O'Connor
John
Boorman, director
Indiana
Jones and the Last Crusade
(Paramount, 1989)
Sr.
& Jr. escape via ILM's passenger Zeppelin
Harrison
Ford, Sean Connery
George
Lucas, producer
Steven
Spielberg, director
Island
at the Top of the World
(Disney, 1974)
Verne
dirigible
Robert
Stevenson, director
Lost
Zeppelin (Tiffany, 1930)
Naval
airship crashes in Antarctica
Madam
Satan
(MGM, 1930)
strange
musical aboard a passenger ship
Kay
Johnson, Reginald Denny, Lillian Roth
Cecil
B. DeMille, director
Master
of the World
(Disney, 1961)
Based
on the Jules Verne novel
Vincent
Price aboard a fantastic airship
William
Witney, director
The
Navy Way
(1944)
takes
place at the Navy training station in Lakehurst
lots
of blimp footage
William
H. Pine, director
Operation
Mad Ball
(Columbia, 1957)
Finale
features a rescue from an aerial ladder into a U.S. Navy blimp gondola
Jack
Lemmon, Mickey Rooney, Ernie Kovacs
Richard
Quine, director
The
Red Tent
(Paramount, 1969)
recreation
of Nobile's doomed arctic voyage
Sean
Connery, Claudia Cardinale
Mikhail
Kalatozov, director
The
Rocketeer
(Disney, 1991)
explosive
climax on the LZ130 "Luxemburg"
remarkable
effects from ILM
Bill
Campbell, Jennifer Connely, Timothy Dalton
Joe
Johnston, director
Scarface
(Universal, 1983)
Goodyear
blimp makes an appearance over Miami's night sky
Al
Pacino, Michelle Pfeifer
Brian
DePalma, director
This
Man's Navy
(MGM, 1944)
definitive
WWII Navy airship movie with extensive filming at NAS Lakehurst
Wallace
Beery, James Gleason, Tom Drake
William
A. Wellman, director
Thunder
In The City
(Columbia, 1937)
Movie
begins and ends with multiple blimps flying on an ad campaign over New
York and London
Edward
G. Robinson, Nigel Bruce, Ralph Richardson
Marion
Gering, director
Two
Minute Warning
(Universal, 1976)
football
and blimp
Charlton
Heston, John Cassevetes, Martin Balsam
View
to a Kill
(UA, 1985)
Bond
atop the Golden Gate Bridge via blimp
Roger
Moore, Christopher Walken, Grace Jones
John
Glen, director
Waterworld
(Universal, 1995)
Postapocalytic
airship in search of land
Kevin
Costner, Dennis Hooper
Kevin
Reynolds, director
Wings
(Paramount, 1927)
WW1
bombing raids
Clara
Bow, Charles Rogers, Richard Arlen
Academy
Award winner, silent film
William
A. Wellman, director
Zeppelin
(WB, 1971)
WW1
secret sabotage mission to Scotland
Michael
York, Elke Sommers
Etienne
Perier, director
Media:
Music
Dory
Previn / Reflections in a Mud Puddle
United
Artists: AS 5536 (1971): lp
Song
suite incorporating the destruction of the Hindenburg
David
Shire / The Hindenburg
MCA:
MCA 2090 (1975): lp
Motion
picture film score
Models:
LTA
Models
7
Birchwood Avenue
Peabody,
MA 01960
USA
508-535-0353
Drawings
and models of airships, including a little kit of the Schwarz airship made
of aluminum. Write for information.
SkyTech
Models
2373
N.W. 185th, No. 290
Hillsboro,
OR 97124
USA
Manufacturers
of airship models, 2-5' long, in kit and finished forms. Write and ask
for a free, illustrated list.
"A
friend gave me a catalogue from a company called the Squadron Shop. It
features the Revell model of the Hindenburg that was mentioned last week.
It's 1/720 scale, costs $14.99, humanity not included. The number is 2-RG4802.
Squadron Shop's phone is 214-242-8663, 8:30 - 5:30 CST." -- Allan
Janus
"Speaking
of Hindenburg, I see that the Revell model company has reissued their 1/720
scale model kit of her. Any information about the quality of this kit?"
-- Peter Ansoff <[email protected]>
Card
Models
H&B
Precision Card Models
2026
Spring Branch Drive
Vienna
VA 22181
USA
tel/fax
703-281-0813
"Peter
Heesch, President of H&B, reports Wilhelmshaven/Mowe is interested
in the "Los Angeles" project and may want to move ahead as early
as next year." -- Peter Ansoff
PapMobil
Ulrich
Rueger <[email protected]>
Paper
model airship kits for sale include: Zeppelin NZ, LZ N07, Solarluftschiff,
LOTTE and soon GRAF ZEPPELIN, JFS
R/C
Models
Peck
Polymers
P.O.
Box 710399
Santee,
CA 92072-0399
USA
619-448-1818
/ 619-448-1833 (fax)
Remote
controled, electric-powered indoor blimp, uses helium for safety.
Museums
I'm just starting work on this section. Please let me know of additions
and corrections.
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CANADA -----
National Aviation
Museum, Canada
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GERMANY -----
Deutsches
Museum
Museuminsel
1
D-80306 Munchen 22
GERMANY
Weilburg
Museum
Schlossplatz 1
D-6290 Weilburg
Hessen
North
of Frankfurt-A-M. LZ5 (Z11) had crashed there in 1910. The majority of
the museum is concerned with the local mining industry and the airship
exhibit was confined to onewall of one room. There are six structural parts
on show covering about 4' x 3' of wall. At the top an approx 4' long bit
of a triangular longeron then an obviously heavily stressed longeron piece
where a tubular section joined it then three nondescript structural pieces
and a control-cable pulley. There were 15 large photos of the wreck, a
number of which I had seen in various Zeppelin histories. There were a
number of good large photos taken after the crash and during the dismantling
of the ship (with axes!). There were also some pieces of the structure
on show but I couldn't identify their position in the airship -- Peter
White
Zeppelin
Museum Friedrichshafen Technik and Kunst
Seestrasse
22
D-88045 Friedrichshafen
GERMANY
Tel:
(49) (0)7541-38010
Fax: (49) (0)7541-380180
W.
Meighorner, Director
(according
to note in file, plans for LZ 129 are available)
The museum will be inagurated at its new premises on 2 July 96. Display
space 4000 square meters. The main attraction will be a 40 meter long partial
reconstruction of LZ
129 Hindenburg
(to scale) on the basis of the original construction plans.
Welcome at Lake
Constance - Willkommen am Bodensee /Velotours
Luftschiffe:
Silberne Zigarren
Zeppelin-Geschichte:
K�hlschrank und Schlafzimmer
Zeppelin-Museum
Heinz Urban
Schlosspltaz 8
D-88709 Meersburg
GERMANY
Zeppelin-Museum
Zeppelinheim
Kapitaen-Lehmann-Strasse 2
D-63263 Neu Isenburg/Zeppelinheim
GERMANY
Contact:
Norbert Erbe
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USA -----
Moffett Federal Airfield
Sunnyvale,
CA
Naval
Air Station: Sunnyvale. Lighter-than-air exhibits inlude the hanger itself.
A&S Smithsonian highlights the field on the last page of the current
issue.
The National Museum of Naval Aviation
Also
has "on loan" from the National Air & Space Museum in Washington
the original Goodyear commercial blimp, "Pilgrim" car and a reconstructed
Curtiss F9C- 2 "Sparrowhawk" hook-on plane of the type used on
the USS MACON. -- Eric Brothers
Naval
Air Musueum
Pensacola, FL
They
have a great exhibit on lighter-than-air that includes a restored K-ship
Gondola. -- Robert E Lawrence
The airship car hanging from the ceiling of the NMNA in Pensacola is
the K-47, a WWII-vintage K-ship car, but in its post-war modified form
(ZSG-3 type). There is also the unrestored car of a ZPG-2 airship out back.
-- Eric Brothers
(aviation
museum) Balboa Park
San Diego, CA
A
number of instruments from very early Zepps and a handful of pieces of
L-31 are on display in the tiny little aviation museum. Also displayed
is a very large and fairly accurate model of L-31. The color is wrong,
but it's a beautiful model nonetheless. -- Jumanji
Resource
Centers
This
list courtesy of Allan Janus ([email protected])
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USA -----
Aerostation
(The ABAC Publication)
Association of Balloon and Airship Constructors
Box 90864
San Diego, California 92109
AIAA
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
370 L'Enfant Promenade SW
Washington DC 20024
202-646-7400
AIAA
Technical Information Service
555 West 57th St., Suite 1200
New York, NY 10019
212-247-6500
Airship
Public Relations
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Akron, Ohio 44316-0001
Balloon
Builder's Journal
Bob LeDoux
2895 Brandi Lane
Jefferson, OR 97352
$12
/ year
Cole
Zeppelin Collection & LTA Library
University of Oregon Library
Eugene, OR 97403
America's
Hobby Center
146 F West 22nd Street
New York, NY 10011-2466
Dirigible
plans - LZ 127, ZR-3, US Navy (?)
Experimental
Balloon Association
Brian Boland
Post Mills Airport
PO Box 51
Post Mills, VT 05058
802-333-9254
Lighter
Than Air Society
1436 Triplett Blvd
Akron, Ohio, 44306
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CANADA -----
Air Museum (Canada)
"I
was between flights yesterday at the airport in Ottawa (Canada's capital)
and I visited the various shops in my relentless pursuit for LTA related
material with the usual disappointing results. As I headed toward my gate
I chanced to walk by a display case that contained a model of the airship
R100!
Unfortunately
it wasn't for sale as it was there courtesy of Canada's Air Museum as part
of a display commemorating R100's one and only visit to Canada during the
depression.
The
model is about seven feet long and has a cut-away portion showing the interior
girders and gasbags. It is shown attached to the 200 foot high mast that
was built especially for its visit. There are also some very good pictures
with accompanying text." -- 8 Feb 1996 -- Gord Cameron
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ENGLAND -----
Friends
of Cardington Airship Station (FOCAS)
Windsor Loft
75 Albany Road
Old Windsor, Berks. SL4 2QD
ENGLAND
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GERMANY -----
Freundeskries
zur Foerderung des Zeppelin-Museums e.V.
Postfach 1448
D-88004 Friedrichshafen
GERMANY
Luftschiffbau
Zeppelin GmbH
LZ-Gelande, PO Box 2540
D-88045 Friedrichshafen 1
GERMANY
Managing
Director - Dipl Phys Heinrich Kollman
Chief
Designer - Hans Hagenlocher
Marine-Luftschiffer-Kameradschaft
Kurt Puzicha
Ernst-Kabel-Steig 5a
D-22087 Hamburg
GERMANY
(German
preferred)
Zeppelin-Kameradschaft
Zeppelinheim e.V.
Zeppelin-Museum Zeppelinheim
Kapitaen-Lehmann-Strasse 2
D-63263 Neu-Isenburg/Zeppelinheim
GERMANY
Contact:
Elisabeth Koetter (German preferred)
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ITALY -----
MuseoStorico-Aeronautica
Militare
00062 Bigna di Valle
Rome
ITALY
Houses
the Nobile Archives, administered by his widow D. Gertrude Nobile- Stolp
Stamps
JOSEPH
LUFT
If
you're a philatelist, this would be a good place to visit
ZEPPELIN
GRAPHICS
An
image intensive site which includes Zeppelin stamps
Aerophilatelic
Federation of the Americas
100 East Chicago Street, Suite D
Lower Lobby, Elgin Tower Building
Elgin, IL 60120
$15.00 Dues (includes Zeppelin Collector's Club)
American
Philatelic Society
P.O. Box 8000
State College, PA 16803
$15.00 Dues (includes stamp insurance and other services)
American
Topical Association
(Don't have their address handy)
The
Zeppelin Collector
Cheryl Ganz, Editor
PO Box A3843
Chicago IL 60690-3843
The
Zeppelin Collector is the newsletter of the Zeppelin Collectors Club, which
in turn is part of the American Air Mail Society. It is mainly oriented
toward collectors of stamps and other memorabilia but has quite a bit of
generalairship historical information, book reviews, etc. ZC is published
as part The American Air Mail Society publication "Jack Knight Air
Log." For your $15 membership in AMAS you receive ZC and all the other
parts of JKAL.
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