The Airship League

Have you ever thought: "Wouldn't it be cool if more people would be interested in Airships?" If you answered "Yes" then you are like me, if you answered "No" then I guess we have to convince you that it would be cool if more people would be interested. But as a matter of fact Airships are in the minds of people, be it in books or movies. If there is an event, hundreds even thousands of people are coming to an event like the airship parade. But what is keeping airships out of the mainstream. It's that fact that many people do not know what is possible with airships, many think they are gone for good because of the Hindenburg and all that jazz.
But what if there where an organization that would try to a) make airships exciting and b) educate more people about the possibilities and technologies behind airships. And that's where tonights headline starts making sense. The Idea is to create an "Airship League" an open and free (as in beer) organization that helps organizing races and contests around airships, that also hosts educational material about how to construct a remote controlled blimp what to look out for. The Airship League could showcase good successful designs, help educating and connecting children, students, universities, companies and the general public. This is of course some how far fetched and visionary but the idea is to aim high and then see what is realistic. So to gather Ideas we created a page in our Wiki called The Airship League it would be great to get the ideas and the brainstorming going. Please sign up for the Airshipworld Wiki if you haven't done so, yet. We believe that such an organization might help the industry as a whole and get more people interested in airships. Please feel free to add to the Article in the Wiki, add new pages link to existing projects. We believe that just by combining our efforts and joining forces, we can change a lot without having to invest much more than our time that we spend on our own efforts already.

"World`s Largest Advertising RC Airship" (60ft/18m) now for Sale or Hire

Yes you read right, I don't know if it is actually the largest RC Advertising Blimp in the World but it is now for sale. Why ? Well, read on about who Skywork Media is and why exactly they are selling their airship.

We like to shortly introduce our company. Skywork Media was founded in May of 2006. We are offering alternative Advertising Mediums & Services such as RC Blimps/Airships, corporate branded hot air balloons and special shapes here in Istanbul, Turkey.

As of October 2006, we own & operate the "Worlds Largest Advertising RC Blimp" (not military) in its class. It is 60ft/18m long, has a volume of 7.451ft3/211m3 and a net Advertising area of 861ft2/80m2 (net banner are), which is larger than a small studio apartment.

We are currently selling this Airship. It is in good and only has 2 hours flight time on it. Local civil aviation changed their regulations about rc airships and now we are not allowed to fly it here.

For more technical information, please contact us at: Skywork-media.com

More pictures can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/skywork/

So that's the story the law doesn't allow them to fly their airship anymore. Do you know of other RC Blimp of a comparable size? Where else is it legal or illegal to fly those, what are the actual regulations in your country. We like to know more about this subject, please let us know what you think via a comment or an email to airshipworld at gmail.com. This is a issue as far as I know also in the US but I can not confirm this. Should it be allowed what can be done to change those laws ? It's an interesting topic and we will look further in to this in future posts.

[Update] The company introduction has been modified on the request of Skywork Media.

About "Airship Advertising"

Together with Skywork Media we would like to publish two posts one more general about Airship Advertising this is this one, and then another one about Skywork Media and their Airship. So read on to find out more about Airship advertising.

Airships are a very powerful marketing tool. Unique & different, they are highly emotional and a high impact alternative advertising medium.

Throughout history and still today humans always have been fascinated with things that fly. You have the air shows, festivals etc. There are many positive feelings associated with things that fly (power, prestige, trust, patriotism...). These positive feelings will be reflected upon the Advertiser and the Brand through "power of association".

Airships also have a high recall rate compared to other media. You will remember an Airship and messages on it after years have gone by.

There is no Advertising clutter in the Sky and this makes Airships also highly visible. It is also a basic human instinct to look up...

Compared to other Advertising Medium, Airships have the lowest Cost per Thousand (CPM) rate, a well known term in Advertising. Yes, therefore Airships are great to reach masses

Among other, Airships complement and maximize your corporate PR efforts.

One of the most impressive features about Airships Advertising is that they reflect an increase in sales & market share and if done right and integration with effective PR, the free publicity & media coverage received is very valueable.

Last but not least, Airships increase brand awareness and strengthen your company/brand image. They draw attention to your marketing message and build impact.

Airships are widely used by Fortune 500 Companies as an integral part of their Marketing Plan. Some famous corporate Blimps include Met Life, Sanyo, Fuji, Saturn, Monster.com, Blockbuster Video and last but not least Goodyear Company who started it all. Being a manufacturer of Blimps during World War 2, Good Year Tire Company operates 3 Advertising Blimps in the US today. Blimps have been an indispensable and powerful vehicle for Goodyear Company in achieving near universal Brand Awareness.

Thanks to Bugra Moto from Skywork Media for this article. What are your opinions about advertising in the sky, please let us know, send us an email or leave a comment on the Blog and check back later today for a closer look at the 60ft/18m remote controlled Skywork Media advertising blimp