Poll results from Airshiplist

There was a poll on the yahoo airshiplist group which just closed and I would like to present the results here. The question was:

Should the airship internet groups be united into one group or not? Is unity strength.

Here follow the choices and results:

- yes, 11 votes, 50.00%
- i dont know, 2 votes, 9.09%
- maybe , 2 votes, 9.09%
- no, 3 votes, 13.64%
- lets start a completely new list, 1 votes, 4.55%
- lets join forces with an existing airshipgroup, 3 votes, 13.64%

So there was a total of 22 Votes and it turned out 50% want the groups to become one. What do you think, please post your opinions in the comments or email us. How can the Airship community get stronger and act with more unity?
For more information about the yahoo airshiplist group, please visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AirshipList

Zeppelin Experience Tours

John and Ute Christopher from Airshipinitiatives launched a new Webiste just about a day ago, check out their new site called Zeppelin Experience Tours at http://www.zeppelintours.com/. They got some great pictures of the Zeppelin and in the photo gallery some with the new artwork with which the Zeppelin is flying right now in Friedrichshafen, Germany.

LA County Sheriffs to levy and seize Globetel's Stratellite Airship

This Pressrelease reached us just today via Arnold Nayler from the Colorado airship-list

Press release from: SANDS DIGITAL MEDIA, INC.
Published date: 04-24-2007 06:35 PM - CET - IT, New Media & Software PR agency: SANDS DIGITAL MEDIA, INC.

(openPR) - Los Angeles, Ca. - Sands Digital Media, Inc., a well respected Los Angeles Public Relations firm won a civil lawsuit on, March 21, 2007, against Globetel Communications Corporation (OTC: GTEM) www.Globetel.net and Sanswire Networks, LLC., www.Sanswire.com a subsidiary of Globetel for non payment of a PR retainer fee and fraud.

The LASC case number is: 07-S00278 and was heard by Judge Norman Tarle, who awarded the $5,050.00 TO Sands Digital Media, Inc.

The "Los Angeles County Sheriffs" - www.lasd.org will levy on behalf of Sands Digital Media on the assets of Globetel Communications and Sanswire Networks "Stratellite 2A" and other equipment to satisfy the $5,050.00 judgment immediately.

Michael Sands says, "The Los Angeles County Sheriffs will now seize any assets of Globetel Communications and Sanswire Networks anywhere in the State of California."

According to Sands, "I would watch out for Globetel's COB Przemyslaw L. Kostro of
Poland, Aussie CEO Peter Khoury who resides in London and Jonathan Leinwand,Corporate Counsel, who resides in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida."

Of note: Oddly enough, the registered agent for INV is GlobeTel's director and corporate counsel, Jonathan D. Leinwand. They appear to be tangled up in at least one other. In August, 1997, Midland, one of the companies former Globetel President Steven King was pumping -- according to that SEC complaint -- announced an acquisition of once-billboarded Jet View Holdings. Jet View was used to be King's company, according to filings as well as this PR. By 2004, it had a different officer/director, but the registered agent was Leinwand. Leinwand was one of two directors and officers listed for, Gemini Integrated Financial Services, which appears as the source of IR for a few companies, including Value Holdings -- now trading for $0.0005 per share. What's not clear from those press releases is that Leinwand's Gemini was actually holding stock in some of these companies, such as Value holdings, as well as handling the public relations. In fact, it was, for a time, the majority shareholder (As of ITAC's last 10K on 3/15/2002, Gemini still held 32% of the company, and there's no specific information thereafter)in a company called Innovative Technology Acquisition Corporation, which flopped badly in its plan to sell libido enhancement supplements among other products. Its last quarterly filing with the SEC admits that it had produced "no revenues," which didn't stop the company from making some hefty promises even into 2003. To make things even more interesting, ITAC bought its LIBIDO stuff from Value Holdings, and Leinwand's Gemini co-officer -- until November, 2001 -- was ITAC's president.

Perhaps the most curious company connected to the Jonathan D. Leinwand name is PGS Pharmaceuticals Group, which lists him as the only officer/director. This (apparently) one-time billboard stock, actually appears as an cautionary example in an Australian government pamphlet called "The Little Black Book of Scams." Articles in the Australian business press describe PGS as having its shares sold via an Amsterdam front. A 1998 article in the Financial Times said, of PGS 'David Crate, the Amsterdam office administrator, said: "PGS is selling its own shares.' But [PGS President Arnold] Prashker said PGS had hired an independent marketing company, PGS Group, to sell its shares. The contract note faxed, and later sent by courier, to the UK man has both companies' names in its letterhead."

Mr. Robert Bleckman, the Director of Investor relations was involved in the GenesisIntermedia SEC and FBI case which was another company in trouble with the law. Mr. Bleckman has a track record.

"Globetel Communications received $750,000. this past week but did not satisfy the court awarded judgment to Sands Digital Media, Inc. They promise you the world with their "Pie in the Sky" press releases.

"This is a buyer beware for the public and shareholders as this company refuses to honor a court judgment, in light of a criminal SEC and an FBI investigation along with a Class Action lawsuit," says Michael Sands.

I call on all former employees, contractors, vendors, landlord and creditors to take the appropriate legal action like Sands Digital Media, Inc., has taken thus far.
Sands Digital Media, Inc., believes that foreign citizens who are corporate executives should not be allowed to do business in America unless they satisfy their debts.

Sands Digital Media, Inc. will be notifying all appropriate governmental agencies about this matter.

Michael Sands is available for all financial media and mainstream media to comment on the inner workings of Globetel Communication and Sanswire Networks. Michael Sands will blow the lid off of this corporation and paint you a picture in real time and capture for your viewers the real essence of Globetel.

Please email: sandsmedia@aol.com for a copy of the judgment and Writ of Execution.

Visit the Website: www.SandsDigitalMedia.com

For more information: Michael Sands

An Approved Department of Defense Contractor

"Combining industry savvy and a "Midas Touch",Michael Sands has transformed public relations of the 80's into MEDIA CONSULTING for the 21st Century.

Today, he not only negotiates media appearances for his clients, but also profitable business deals, distinguishing himself among the best of a new breed of Hollywood starmakers.

Sands' boutique of satisfied clients reads like a Who's-Who of modern-day overachievers from the vast worlds of entertainment, law, literature, medicine, politics, national and international corporations."

- PEOPLE Magazine


After much success as an actor, model, and entrepreneur, (C'est Cheesecake TM ) Michael Sands now lives and works in Beverly Hills, California, and shares the benefits of his experience and insight with a very select clientèle.
And with the emergence of SANDS DIGITAL MEDIA, Mr. Sands is taking his clients one giant step further by creating a "WEB PRESENCE" for every given client's special set of circumstances.
His knowledge of the industry and his very unique means for exposing a client's website address sets the stage for the most sought after sites on the Internet today. His ability to provide Multimedia Presentations for special events, or to be taken out on a laptop computer, are unsurpassed. His design staff uses only the most sophisticated, cutting edge software programs.(...no more of those"same old boring PowerPoint sideshow presentations" here!!)
Various clients of Michael Sands have been seen on: Good Morning America, The Today Show, World News Tonight, CNN, and in Vogue, The Wall Street Journal, People en Espagnol, Marie Claire, Self, Harper's Bazaar, Mademoiselle, Elle, Glamour, Parade, and Amica.

Sands Digital Media, Inc.
264 So. La Cienega Blvd. Ste. 922
Beverly Hills, Ca. 90211

Well I guess guys everybody better pay their bills, it's sad to see an airship project go away. But better the bad guys go down, then being around to take away the investors money from real Airship projects.

Navy MZ3A Airship #167811 continues operations amidst "tight" funding. [by Rick Zitarosa]

Navy MZ3A airship #167811 was up all day Saturday, providing a surprise visit to crowds on the boardwalks and "early bird" sunbathers at nearby beaches who were enjoying the first real "hot" day of Spring.

About ready to mark one full year since the first flight, the airship is undergoing mandatory Annual Maintenance Revue this week and is expected to return to the air early next week.

Meanwhile, funding for the airship to continue operating beyond June is a mounting concern. As little as the MZ3A project costs (about $5million per year for the entire operation) there is very little money to go around.

With $250million a day being spent on Iraq, every nook and cranny of the armed forces is being stripped of anything beyond bare funding. The MZ3A's role as a test, training and proof-of-concept vehicle for various promising airborne systems and operations notwithstanding, it remains to be seen whether the proponents of LTA can win continued funding.

One thing the airship has got going for it is a good operating record, the fact that it is already established inventory and the fact that from scratch the Navy people have created the only operational, fully-compliant current-military-standard LTA operation anywhere in the world with everything from tool/hardware inventory to Operational Risk Matrix appropriately documented, codified, quantified, etc.

The next few months should be interesting.

Rick

Thanks to Rick Zitarosa for this news item from the colorado Airship-list

One month of Airshipworld blogging

It's been exactly 1 month since our first post and today I would like to thank all the readers of the blog and all those people who helped me in finding good content to put on the blog. Seeing that there are actually some people who actually read this blog and check it out on a daily basis.
In this second month we will of course continue to provide you with informations and news from the industry. But we would also like to broaden our reach. So we would like to ask everyone to help spread the word about the blog. Link to the blog (our address is http://airshipworld.blogspot.com) from your website, tell your friends, make it your homepage, talk about it, in newsgroups, mailing-lists, investors meetings just about anywhere, where you could think about dropping our name. We ask this not so that we get more money from the blog, cause we don't get anything really. No, we ask you to spread the word so that we as a community have a platform that is independent from single companies, associations or groups. Here at Airshipworld, the world wide airship and LTA industry should come together, exchange thoughts, present new products and create a constant visible presence on the web, updated often and always current. So help strengthen the industry by promoting the blog. Please if you are skeptical tell us your concerns, if you don't want to promote us, then don't but if you could it would be greatly appreciated.
So I would like to present some facts and statistics from the last month, that might be of interest. There where 38 posts, which were read by more than 550 visitors on the site, resulting in more than 1100 pageviews from all over the world. The biggest part here where the United States with 51% of all visits, followed by Germany with 18%, the UK with 12,5%, other countries within the TOP10 have all contributed less then 5% of the hits, listed in descending order from most to least hits: Japan, France, Turkey, China, Canada, South Africa, Russian Federation. All together there where visitors from 27 Countries worldwide.
That should be enough for the statistics, our goal for the next month is going to be better then last month. How much better? Well, we will see. So tell us how you liked the first month of airship world, if you can not remember go back into the archive and check the posts again. We are really looking forward to your replies, opinions and maybe even criticism. If there is something that we can make better we will do everything we can to actually make it better. Thanks for your support and loyal readership.

Your resident blogger,

Andreas G.

New Lenticular Airship from France

Today we would like to point you to a new airship Company and design. The project is presumably called opération Alizé the project Website is located at http://www.operation-lta.com/ it's half English half French the sites are not translated word for word, so I assume the French is the more current half of the site.
So as stated in the title the airship is going to be lenticular, you can check out pictures on the Website that give you an impression, there is also a video available to watch, it shows the first prototype of the airship doing a test flight. As to specifications the website mentions the following for the final aircraft:

Diameter	100 m
Height	35 m
Flight altitude	500 m aboved ground
Maximum altitude	2 000 m above s.l.
Cruising speed	110 km/h
Max. speed	130 km/h
Range	4 000 km
Available volume	2 000 to 5 000 m

It's a very interesting concept and we are looking forward to hear more from this project in the future, we sure will be following the development of this project.
Thanks to Charles Luffman for pointing that out.

Airship Stuff on Ebay [Updated]

Today I would like to point anyone interested into airship, and LTA collectibles to look into some items for sale on eBay. The Seller, Ford U. Ross is a retired Navy Chief; ATC/AC USN, he spent his first 10 years flying in and maintaining Navy Blimps. He spent 7 years at NAS Lakehurst and 3 years in ZP-4 at NAF Weeksville. This is how he got interested in collecting Lighter-than-Air ephemera, primarily a few artifacts, books, photographs and flown Airship Covers, to include Navy Blimp covers.
He is a member of the Naval Airship Association; the LTA Soc; NLHS; MFHS(Life Member); ABAC plus the Zeppelin Collectors Club and the American Air Mail Society. Also active with the Military Museum and Memorial at NAS Richmond, FL.
And now he is in the process of liquidating his collections. There is a lot of really interesting stuff, in his eBay auctions and definitely worth a look. Also have a look at Ford's personal homepage, which has a collection of really nice classic blimp photos. Please look at his auctions and buy some stuff that interests you, we don't get anything from what he earns, we just like to support him, since those valuable artifacts should not be lost.
[Update] So just so you can find the eBay Items better, check out http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZzccaams