Thursday, June 7, 2007

New Zeppelin nose ? [updated]

I found this picture on flickr the other day, and was wondering if the comment there is right. The comment reads
Die Nase des Neuen / The first Glimpse of the new Zeppelin


[update]Since the original picture somehow got marked private here is the link to the picture that I still have.[/update]

I think it's rather the Skyship formerly known as "The Spirit of Dubai"
if you look at this picture, that was posted previously here, the nose kind of looks like the one on the picture.

If you compare the nose in the top most picture to the one of the Zeppelin NT I really think it's the Skyship that's shown on the picture.

So what do you think? New Zeppelin or just the good old Skyship with new paint? Please leave a comment or send us an Email.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Since the Zeppelin NT is a semi-rigid design with an internal framework, and engines mounted to the framework at their intersection points with the envelop, the airship in question does not appear to have an internal framework; nor would it be economically feasible to modify an existing nonrigid airship into the semirigid NT design.

However, it is most likely that the Zeppelin company was performing some upgrades or modifications to the nonrigid airship shown in the image as parked next to their NT airship.