Zeppelin
NT 2 did it's Maidenflight
The
second Zeppelin (SN2) of the type NT N07, with the markings D-LZZR,
did it's Maidenflight on Mai 19th, 2001. The flight took about
2.5 h and routed over Lake Constance.From August 2001 on this
airship will be operated by the DZR for passengerflights over
Lake Constance...
Worldwide
Aeros 40B-18 in Germany
Since
last year it was known that the Berlin "Argos Medien AG"
(a Media Company) bought a Worldwide Aeros 40B-Blimp, an airship
similar to the A-60+ Lightships. At this time the airship is on
a Roadtour through Germany. The blimp will be used as a cameraplatform
and for advertising with banners, too. On May 12th, 2001 the airship
visited Frankfurt am Main and its "Skyscraper-Festival"...
Some technical "specials are the x-configuration of the empennage
and the pneumatic controls.
The
blimp has now a banner of the Commerzbank and is touring through
Germany... The tour ends in October 2001...
The Aerium
- Inauguration of the CargoLifter Hangar
On
November 25th, 2000 she became inaugurated... the worlds biggest
hangar without interior supports. For celebrating this CargoLifter
invited all shareholders and friends. Even if the tickets have
not been really cheap, it was an interesting and absolutely fantastic
happening with a superb program - not only about airships !!!
It was impressive and so 7.500 visitors came to celebrate this
event. Absolutely unique !!!
Zeppelin
NT recieved type certification
On
April 26th, 2001 the Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik GmbH, Friedrichshafen,
recieved the certification for their airship type Zeppelin NT
N07. The official document had been handed over within the opening
ceremonies of the AERO 2001, an international aviation fair in
Friedrichshafen at Lake Constance, by the LBA (Luftfahrt Bundesamt
- like the FAA). The ZLT also recieved the certification as an
airship manufacturer. Some other certifications like the certification
for airship maintainance will follow up shortly. The first Zeppelin
NT airship , like the second too, will be operated from Friedrichshafen
as a homebase. The "Friedrichshafen" (D-LZFN) will be
used as a trainig ship for pilots and crew. The second Zeppelin
NT will absolve its maidenflight within the next weeks and from
August 2001 it would be used for sight-seeing-tourism in the region
of Lake Constance.
Zeppelin
NT visited Frankfurt am Main
From
September 25th -29th, 2000 the Zeppelin NT visited Frankfurt am
Main. The airship was cruising a few hours daily over the Frankfurt
Fairground and advertised for the ZF (Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen)
Company to the IAA for Utility Vehicles. So some hours could be
add to the total flighthours for the certification - about 750h
had already done. The Zeppelin, that had been christend to the
name "Friedrichshafen" on July 2nd, 2000, did already
a Germany-Tour.
A
Skyship for Germany
CargoLifter
makes it possible !!! A new airship is based in Germany - and
a really special one... Since the 1980s there had never been a
Skyship again n Germany... But now CargoLifter decided to buy
an aiship type "Skyship 600B"... First time the ship
had been presented to the public was in case of the "100th
anniversary of the First Flight of a Zeppelin" in Friedrichshafen
at Lake Constance...
Schenkenberger's
Luftschiff-Shop
Sine a small period of time a small Airship-Shop with gifts, souvenirs
and collectables with "All about Airships" opened in
Frankfurt am Main and the Internet. Have a look inside...
CargoLifter
The
CargoLifter Demonstrator "Joey" did it's maiden flight
on October, 18th 1999...
The build-up
of the Hangar at Brand (60km in the south-east of Berlin)has been
finished... Here's a LiveCam of the hangar...
On
May 30th, 2000 CargoLifter became quotet at the stocks...
CargoLifter
also bought a "Skyship 600" and based it at Brand.
Maybe they will do sight-seeing-tours with the skyship within
this summer...
For more information on CargoLifter visit their official Website...
Airship-Tours
in Germany 2001
CargoLifter:
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"Joey"
will continue with the test flights...
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"Charly"
(the Skyship 600) may be used for sight-seeing-tours over
the region of Brand... (through summer 2001) |
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e.multi.ag
/ Argos Medien AG:
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The
Argos Medien AG, Berlin, bought a"Worldwide Aeros 40B"
- Blimp will use it as an "Internet-Airship" (Camera-Platform)...
The airship tours through Germany for the Commerzbank at
this time ...
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Lightships:
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The
spanish company Fagor started a contract with the
Lightship Group for a A-60+ (N 11 ZP) and is on a big Spain-Tour...
It will also visit the Tour de France...
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Goodyear
has only one Lightship in use - the "Spirit of
Europe I " (I-TIRE) -, that tours through Europe. But,
Goodyear plans to start a contract with the Lightship Groupe
for an A-150 Lightship in Europe !!! To be said it will
be prepared for this contract at this time at Halfpenny
Green Hangar of The Lightship Group...
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Liebherr
advertises with a A-60+ (N 12 ZP - ex "Spirit of
Europe II"). It's only operating a few more weeks,
so here's the rest of the schedule:
Dresden |
ab
28.05.01 |
Berlin |
7.05.
- 11.05.01 |
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Mazda
is also this year on tour with an A-60+ Blimp, operated
by the Lightship Group.
Here's the schedule:
Leverkusen/Köln
Düsseldorf |
ab
Mo. 02.04.01 |
Dresden
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ab
Mo. 09.04.01 |
Leipzig |
ab
Mo. 16.04.01 |
Hannover |
ab
Mo. 23.04.01 |
Hamburg |
ab
Mo. 30.04.01 |
Münster/Osnabrück
|
ab
Mo. 14.05.01 |
Bremen |
ab
Mo. 21.05.01 |
Ruhrgebiet
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ab
Mo. 28.05.01 |
Kiel/Hamburg
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ab
Mo. 11.06.01 |
Berlin
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ab
Di. 26.06.01 |
Düsseldorf
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ab
Mo. 16.07.01 |
Ruhrgebiet
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ab
Mo. 30.07.01 |
Rostock
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ab
Mo. 06.08.01 |
Köln
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ab
Mo. 13.08.01 |
Mannheim
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ab
Mo. 20.08.01 |
Stuttgart
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ab
Mo. 27.08.01 |
Nürnberg
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ab
Mo. 03.09.01 |
Frankfurt
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ab
Mo. 10.09.01 |
Frankfurt/München
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ab
Mo. 17.09.01 |
München/Stuttgart
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ab
Mo. 24.09.01 |
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WDL:
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The
Fuji
- Blimp (D-LDFO), if I'm right this year 20 years old (1981-2001),
will be on tour for a longer time as the last years - as
I know...
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A second
WDL - Blimp (D-LDFR) has a contract with the Deutsche
Vermögensberatung.
Here's
the schedule:
Bremen
(Lemwerder) |
27.04.
- 29.04.01 |
Ahrensburg
(Uetersen) |
03.05.01 |
Hamburg
/ Lübeck (Lübeck) |
04.05.
- 13.05.01 |
Rostock
(Rostock) |
16.05.
- 17.05.01 |
Berlin / Potsdam (B-Tempelh.) |
20.05.
- 27.05.01 |
Hildesheim
/ Hannover (Hildesheim) |
31.05.
- 03.06.01 |
Gütersloh
/ Bielefeld / Herford (Bielefeld-Windelsbleiche) |
07.06.
- 10.06.01 |
Wuppertal
/ Essen (Essen-Mülheim) |
14.06.
- 17.06.01 |
Köln
/ Bonn (Bonn-Hangelar) |
20.06.
- 23.06.01 |
Bad
Homburg / Bad Nauheim (Reichelsheim) |
29.06.
- 01.07.01 |
Offenbach
/ Hanau / Aschaffenburg (Gelnhausen) |
05.07.
- 08.07.01 |
Homburg
/ Neukirchen / Saarbrücken (Zweibrücken) |
12.07.
- 15.07.01 |
Mannheim
/ Heidelberg / Ludwigshafen (Neustadt-Speyerdorf) |
19.07.
- 26.07.01 |
Karlsruhe
(Karlsruhe) |
02.08.
- 05.08.01 |
Villingen-Schwenningen
(Albstadt) |
09.08.
- 12.08.01 |
Stuttgart
/ Reutlingen (Poltringen) |
16.08.
- 19.08.01 |
Fürth
/ Nürnberg (Nürnberg) |
22.08.
- 24.08.01 |
München
(M-Oberpfaffenhofen) |
28.08.
- 30.08.01 |
Augsburg
(Augsburg) |
01.09.
- 02.09.01 |
Geislingen
/ Schwäb.-Gmünd (Aalen) |
06.09.
- 09.09.01 |
Gera
/ Chemnitz / Plauen (Zwickau) |
13.09.
- 16.09.01 |
Dresden
/ Radebeul / Pirna (Pirna) |
20.09.
- 23.09.01 |
Halle
/ Leipzig (Halle-Opin) |
27.09.
- 30.09.01 |
Erfurt
(Erfurt) |
04.10.01 |
Jena
/ Erfurt (Jena-Schöngleina) |
05.10.
- 07.10.01 |
Kassel
(Kassel-Calden) |
11.10.
- 14.10.01 |
Dortmund
/ Remscheid / Recklinghausen (Essen-Mülheim) |
18.10.
- 21.10.01 |
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Zeppelin
NT:
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The
"Friedrichshafen" (D-LZFN) recieved the type certification
on April 26th, 2001and will be used for pilot training.
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The
second airship of the ZLT did it's maiden flight on May 19th,
2001. From August 2001 on it will be operated by the Deutsche
Zeppelin Reederei (DZR) for sight-seeing-tourism. |
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