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BLIMPS AUS AKRON (Blimps from Akron) |
November
16th, 2007 - January 6th, 2008
"Grenz-Raum" of the Zeppelin-Museum Friedrichshafen
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The
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Akron, Ohio, is able
to look back on the longest continuous tradition in airship
production and built the most non-rigid airships worldwide
- more than 300 blimps until today. The Zeppelin Museum
Friedrichshafen (at Lake Constance in Germany) dedicates
one of its special exhibitions at the "Grenz-Raum"
to this very outstanding history. Jens Schenkenberger, together
with Jürgen Bleibler, the manager of the Zeppelin Department
of the Museum, planned and implemented the exhibition.
On display are models, authentic airship parts, photos,
magazines, merchandise, press kits, historical and technical
literature, e.g. technical manuals or a pilot's handbook
- exclusively of the Goodyear company. The oldest exhibit
is from 1912.
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(for enlarging please click onto the pic)
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But
what is a blimp? In the U.S. "blimp" is an expression
used for an airship as
popular
as "Zeppelin" in Germany.
Correctly, "blimp" has to be used for non-rigid
airships only.
Where the expression "blimp" originally comes from
is not fully clear. There are some anecdotes, especially one
of them is very nice and often used: during World War I Lt.
A. D. Cunningham of the Royal Navy Air Service inspected the
airship SS-12 and flipped his
thumb on the envelope.
He
imitated the noise with
the word "blimp"...
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enlarging please click onto the pic)
Herewith
I would like to thank the whole team of the museum very,
very much, especially Jürgen Bleibler (Manager of
the Zeppelin Department), Jessica Siebeneich (Intern /
Trainee), Martin Rzehaczek, Michael Fischer und Alexander
Scheffhold (Facility Management), Heike Vogel (Museum
Education), Heiner Middeldorf (IT) and Sabine Ochaba (Press-
and Public Relations).
Thank
you so much for the nice time!
Jens
Schenkenberger
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Special
Exhibition at the "Grenz-Raum" of the
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Opening hours
(November - April):
Tuesday
- Sunday
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
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©
Jens Schenkenberger, 2007
www.zeppelinfan.de
~ jens@zeppelinfan.de
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