Dirigibles

July 14th, 2008  |  Published in Travel  |  7 Comments | by

Dirigible

As the price of the fuel rises, a new generation of dirigibles is being considered by the governments and private companies.

Dirigible

This dirigible is for its new owner, Airship Ventures, which plans to offer tours of Monterey Bay from Moffett Fiels, south of San Francisco.

Dirigible

Each dirigible has to be filled with helium.This service coast about $15 million to make. Tourism is not the only use for such airships. France’s postal service use dirigibles as a friendly way to transport parceles between France and Corsica.

Dirigible

Some dirigibles can reach the lengh of a football field and develop a speed to 100 miles an hour. This is Deutsche Zeppelin- Reederei, transporting sightseers above southern Germany. Last year it gave tours to 12, 000 passengers

Dirigible

This one has room for 12 passengers plus seats for a pilot and an attendant.

Dirigible

The design for the Manned Cloud dirigible has a cabin that can serve 50 guests plus a crew of 25 people.

Responses

  1. educational grants says:

    November 10th, 2010 at 12:10 am (#)

    I’ve recently started a blog, the information you provide on this site has helped me tremendously. Thank you for all of your time & work.

  2. Shane Isaman says:

    December 3rd, 2010 at 10:39 pm (#)

    I always was interested in this topic and still am, thanks for posting .

  3. memory foam mattress comparisons says:

    December 8th, 2010 at 12:54 pm (#)

    A rich man might bring vengence upon demons but instead be troubled by a grouse : Confucius

  4. Angelita Siniard says:

    December 22nd, 2010 at 10:02 pm (#)

    But a smiling visitant here to share the love (:, btw great layout.

  5. barnaleikir says:

    March 1st, 2011 at 8:10 am (#)

    hey this is really great :) i like this one im gonna save it thanksss :)

  6. Monroe Pulham says:

    August 21st, 2011 at 7:50 pm (#)

    I have been surfing online greater than 3 hours lately, but I by no means discovered any fascinating article like yours. Itˇs pretty value enough for me. In my opinion, if all site owners and bloggers made good content material as you probably did, the internet will probably be much more useful than ever before.

  7. Podróże przez Azję says:

    August 24th, 2011 at 8:45 pm (#)

    Great web site. A lot of useful info here. I’m sending it to several friends ans also sharing in delicious. And naturally, thanks for your sweat!

Leave a Response

Project Space

“I used to be really scared of this area,” says...

The Transformation Of Mitte, Berlin

Mitte is a central district in the Berlin’s former...

The Home of Rolf Bruggink

Rolf Bruggink, a Dutch designer, calls the crumbling...

Points West

For Yodit Eklund, the 26-year-old designer behind Bantu...

Parksite Residence, Rotterdam

A former ambulance garage may seem like an unusual...