“It’s not a balloonl It’s an airship!”

Slow news day. But I did find this LAT article interesting: Goodyear has commissioned three new blimps.

The replacements will be longer (246 feet versus 192 feet), will fly faster (73 mph versus 54 mph) and have more gondola seats (13 versus seven, including pilot).

I wasn’t aware you could get 54 mph out of a blimp, much less 73 mph. (According to Wikipedia, that’s close to the cruising speed of a Piper Cub.)

I’m sure it comes as no great shock to anyone except me that ZLT Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik has a web site. At least, I think that’s their web site.

Check out the link to Zeppelin Hangar FN. Their online menus even have prices!

(Probably unnecessary subject line hattip.)

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