Friday, May 22, 2009

Birds-eye View

Founded in 2007 in California, Airship Ventures Inc. operates the only passenger airship operation in the United States, featuring Eureka, the world’s largest airship. At 246 feet in length, the Zeppelin is longer than a 747, more than 50 feet longer than the largest blimp. Based out of Moffett Field, Eureka also flies out of Oakland and Monterey.

The Zeppelin’s spacious cabin comfortably accommodates one pilot, one flight attendant and twelve passengers with luxury features including oversized panoramic windows, an onboard restroom with window, and a 180-degree rear observation window and “love seat” that wraps the entire aft of the cabin. Using the inert gas helium for lift, and vectored thrust engines for flight, the Zeppelin NT has been flying since 1997, in Germany and Japan, with an unparalleled safety record.

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