Lighter than Air

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Zeppelins LZ-126, ZR-3 Los Angeles
and LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin

Zeppelins LZ-126, ZR-3 Los Angeles and LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin At the time of the building of the LZ-126 and LZ-127, the Zeppelin Airship Company produced portfolios of photographs documenting their construction and early flights.

Air Ventures Zeppelin Over Isla Vista
July 8, 2009

Airship Ventures Zeppelin, July 8, 2009 The Airship Ventures Zeppelin N704LZ Eureka cruised across Santa Barbara County on its way from Long Beach to its home base at Moffett Field on Wednesday, July 8, 2009. It is seen here over Isla Vista at 1:22 PM PDT. It was cruising at an altitude of 2,800 feet and a speed of 37 knots.

Air Ventures Zeppelin Over Buellton
May 26, 2009

Airship Ventures Zeppelin, May 26, 2009 The Airship Ventures Zeppelin N704LZ cruised across Santa Barbara County on its way from Long Beach to its home base at Moffett Field on Tuesday, May 26, 2009. It is seen here over Buellton at 1:30 PM. It was cruising at an altitude of 1,900 feet and a speed of 29 knots.

Zeppelin-NT

Airship Ventures Zeppelin, October 24, 2008 The Airship Ventures Zeppelin N704LZ cruised high over the Santa Barbara Channel on its way from San Bernardino to Salinas on Friday, October 24. It will be based at Moffett Field and give aerial tours.

Goodyear blimp Columbia The Goodyear blimp Columbia, N3A visited the town of Goodyear, west of Phoenix, Arizona in March 1971.

Goodyear blimp Columbia

In April 1971 I shot these pictures of the Columbia at Tucson International Airport. A sudden shift in the wind caused the blimp to do a nosestand at its mooring.

Goodyear blimp Columbia, N10A at Goleta on August 26, 1988 Goodyear blimp Columbia, N10A at Goleta on August 26, 1988.

Mobile Airships sells Indoor and Outdoor unmanned radio controlled (R/C) Blimps.

The Naval Airship Association serves to gather, perpetuate and disseminate the lighter-than-air expertise and knowledge that has been accumulated during the U.S. Navy's long involvement with the development and employment of lighter-than-air principles in military aviation.

Zepellins eat blimps for breakfast on John Dziadecki's Airship Page.

Books about airships available from

Dr. Eckener's Dream Machine : The Great Zeppelin and the Dawn of Air Travel by Douglas Botting Dr. Eckener's Dream Machine : The Great Zeppelin and the Dawn of Air Travel by Douglas Botting

When Giants Roamed the Sky: Karl Arnstein and the Rise of Airships from Zeppelin to Goodyear by Dale Topping When Giants Roamed the Sky: Karl Arnstein and the Rise of Airships from Zeppelin to Goodyear by Dale Topping

Golden Age of the Great Passenger Airships : Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg by Harold G. Dick Golden Age of the Great Passenger Airships : Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg by Harold G. Dick

The Great Dirigibles : Their Triumphs and Disasters by John Toland The Great Dirigibles : Their Triumphs and Disasters by John Toland

Inside the Hindenburg by Mireille Majoor Inside the Hindenburg by Mireille Majoor

The Hindenburg by Patrick O'Brien The Hindenburg by Patrick O'Brien

Sky Ships : A History of the Airship in the United States Navy by William A. Althoff

The Zeppelin in Combat : A History of the German Naval Airship Division 1912-1918 by Douglas H. Robinson.

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Go to home page of the Goleta Air and Space Museum.

Edited February 8, 1997