Great 8 Minutes video of the Zeppelin over London - [Updated: and another 3 minutes]

I just found a great great Video of the Zeppelin flying over London on YouTube. It has been online for just a few hours and has only been watched 19 times as of the time I write this. So whats so great and why is it a must watch for every Zeppelin Fan. Well because it is 8 Minutes long, the longest video till now that I have seen of the London flights. It starts out with the Zeppelin showing once again it's unsurpassed ground handling qualities. Following lot of scenes from within the Zeppelin so you can see everything in great detail and you get to experience the introduction that the copilot does when the airship lifts of. Finishing with some nice shots of London and the Zeppelin lifting off with for the next flight. Watch it, rate it, comment on it. It's worth it. And can inspire even more people to want to fly in Airships.

Airship Over London Star Over London
[Update]
In addition to the Video above, Jim Logajan from the Yahoo Airshiplist pointed out another video of a flight with the London Zeppelin.

Airship Ride Over London
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More London Zeppelin greatness at the Airship Ventures Blog

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As long as the Zeppelin is flying over London the Web is just bursting with pictures and videos. This time the Airship Ventures Blog Up Ship! is servicing us with some London Zeppelin greatness. Click on the Links to get to the Blogposts and then make sure to click on the Pictures to see them in full size.

• Just to prove all these London sights were taken from an Airship
• Westminster
• The Millenium Eye
• Free Beer?
• St Paul's Cathedral
• Approaching Central London
• Canary Wharf!
• The O2 (Millenium) Dome
• Watching the Skies (Grenwich)
• Sunday 13th July 13:30 The Ship arrives in London!

Also Airship Ventures showed the first sneak peak of the new GPS Tracking System that will be available on the Zeppelin NT allowing those of us who aren't so lucky to be flying with the Zeppelin can at least see it on a Live Tracked Map.

The Star Over London - More about the Zeppelin NT that flies for Stella Artois

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I just got home from a long week in Farnborough (Yes the Airshow was fantastic) and did not have a chance to Blog until now, so there is a lot to catch up. Of course one of the Topics of this week in the media was the Zeppelin airship over London. Before we dive into the many many fantastic photo galleries I want to thank georgehorror for giving me permission to embed this video of the Zeppelin NT arriving in England. We featured a link to it earlier but now we can present you the embedded version. Enjoy!

The guardian known for their airship coverage in the last few month have a beautiful article online called Poetry in motion: over London by airship also featuring a good gallery with some unique pictures of the Zeppelin. The article was also featured in the July 15th Newspaper covering the full double sided (pages 18 and 19) of centre section, featuring the picture you see in this post.

Another outstanding article was published by metro.co.uk not for their writing but for the great video of the airship that they included, featuring an interview with the pilot and some great footage from the flight. Worth watching here.

And of course there were many more:

• The Telegraph has a very nice picture gallery of pictures from within and outside of the Stella Artois Zeppelin as it flies across London. Check it out here.
• The Londonist also featured an article with a gallery of their flight.
• Times Online article called "Zeppelins fly over London" about the Stella Artois also containing a gallery
• Flight International also has a short article on the Zeppelin on their website. Unfortunately they get the title of their post a bit wrong when they say "London’s biggest star is a blimp" because the airship that flies over London is not at all a blimp it's a Zeppelin and has a rigid structure inside, which set's it appart from a blimp and give it the superior ground handling abilities with a ground crew of just 3 men that you don't get from the Goodyear blimps or other traditional blimps.

But the mainstream media is not the only place to find great pictures of the Zeppelin. Flickr for example contains already many many pictures of the Zeppelin. Check out this slideshow for the most recent pictures.

Thanks to jim smith and Brian Hall for the link to the Telegraph gallery. Thanks to ARNOLD NAYLER for the pointer to the Flight International Article. Thanks to stella_cat for the link to the Londonist
Do you know of any other good articles, pictures or even videos of the Stella Artois "Star Over London" Zeppelin that is currently flying over London then send them to us via email or post the links in the comments section.

Zeppelin NT arrives in London - Updated Now with Video

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As Airship Ventures reports today the Zeppelin NT #4 has made it to London and is now based at the Damyns Hall airfield.
To read more about the Zeppelin NT in London read our previous posts:

• The Zeppelin NT #4 on its way to London
• Star Over London Website online.
• London Baby ! - Zeppelin NT starts flights July 10th 2008
• We have confirmation. Zeppelins over London this year

[Update] a video of the Zeppelin landing in Damyns Hall just appeared on YouTube watch it here: "Damyns Hall and The Star Over London"

The Zeppelin NT #4 on its way to London

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As you might know the new Zeppelin NT #4 is supposed to start flights over London this Thrusday July 10th 2008. Unfortunately the weather god doesn't seem to like the Zeppelin. If you check the Star Over London all status lights are currently red. On Friday morning the Zeppelin left Friedrichshafen on it's way to London. The original plan was to be in London beginning of this week. Currently the Zeppelin is more or less stranded in Bonn (Germany) because of bad weather. The team from Airship Ventures is traveling with the Zeppelin on it's way to London and while they have to wait for better weather they are blogging keeping us all updated. Here is what they wrote today in a post called Ground Hog Day:

Ground Crew, Pilots and Mechanics were all at breakfast this morning for our now 'regular' 9am meeting. This is like 'Ground Hog Day' said Fritz. Ah, I said, I guess that means we're stuck in Bonn for another day.

The weather is pretty awful for the next few days, not here in Bonn where the sun is shining, but in the English Channel. A low pressure is sitting over the UK at present causing very high winds from the SW whistling through the channel.

The Bad News is that it looks to be that way for at least the next couple of days, and then another front sweeps in.

Someone was asking Fritz yesterday ' but can't this airship travel in 30-40 knot winds?' Yes, it can. But if you fly at 45 knots into a 35 knot headwind, then you'll be going very slowly and burning a great deal of fuel!

Have a look at their latest updates on their blog Up Ship!. They have published a whole lot of stuff in the last few days some even dating back a bit. To make it easier for you to find it. Here are the links to their latest posts, featuring bits from the transit flight, pictures and other gems. (newest first)

1. Ground Hog Day
2. Cold Beer Shower
3. Friendly faces at Bonn.
4. Nuclear I assume
5. Fast Ship
6. Crop Canvas (2)
7. Put a plant in front of it.
8. Schlossed Out
9. (Air)Ship to Shore
10. Roll up, Roll up.
11. Looks Like Lego
12. Carpet Bedding
13. Bye Sis.
14. Additional Equipment
15. A true flight of fancy...
16. Hangar at Night
17. New Branding
18. Zeppelin Canvas!
19. Modern Art?
20. Rules of the Air
21. Shadow on the Clouds
22. Err, Where are we exactly?
23. Three Heads are better than One
24. Camp QSL
25. A Real Blimp Chaser
26. Footie Ship
27. Well Traveled Truck
28. Oh Poo....
29. View from the Top
30. Welcoming Crowd
31. Looking forward to the sun

If you want to work for Airship Ventures, check out this Blogpost they are "Seeking A&P Technicians and Ground Crew" you can also head over to their career page on their website, were they list currently open positions and future hires. So keep an eye on it if you want to be part of the Company who brings the Zeppelin back to the US.