[meteorite-list] It's a zepplin, not a blimp!

From: dorifry <dorifry_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 14:02:48 -0400
Message-ID: <FDC29B3E696149D8AC4512417BC562C9_at_DoriPC>

The fact that it's a Zepplin is what makes it so unusual. It's one of only
two zeps in the world and the only one operating in the Americas.

As a stamp collector, I've loved zeps for a long time, they're way cooler
than blimps!

Phil Whitmer

Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum


----- Original Message -----
From: "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net>
To: "dorifry" <dorifry at embarqmail.com>;
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] It's a zepplin, not a blimp!


> Phil, List,
>
> As the sarcastic individual who suggested a
> need for Blimp Patches, I apologize. It is, literally,
> a Zeppelin, built by the Zeppelin company in
> Friedrichshafen, Germany, home of the original
> Zeppelins. At 246 feet long, she stretches 15
> feet longer than a standard Boeing 747 and 50
> feet longer than the largest commercial blimps
> flying today. It is named "Eureka," nicely matching
> the history of Sutter's Mill. Maybe the name will
> bring good luck.
>
> http://www.airshipventures.com/about
> Unlike the original Zeppelins, it is a semi-rigid
> design, lacking a full envelope frame like the old
> ones. However, it is made of carbon fibre and
> aluminum, has very sophisticated motive control,
> with vectored thrust and fly-by-wire controls, and
> has incredible maneuverability.
>
> That said, trying to maneuver close to the ground
> in that terrain in a weightless craft almost as long
> as a football field is a daunting prospect. All old
> airshipmen know the dangers are near the ground,
> not in the sky.
>
> Zeppelin Patches?
>
>
> Sterling K. Webb
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "dorifry" <dorifry at embarqmail.com>
> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 12:14 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] It's a zepplin, not a blimp!
>
>
>> Big difference! Stop calling it a blimp please! (LOL)
>>
>> Phil Whitmer
>> Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum
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