Blimp Collection (page 3)

Zeppelin LZ 129 Hindenburg passenger lounge

Building the frame of the Zeppelin Hindenburg - first flight 1936 - destroyed by fire in 1937. Built by Luftschiffbau Zeppelin. Date: circa 1935

The evolution of the Zeppelin Airship from LZ1 in 1900 through to LZ126 in 1923 Date: circa 1923

Kislovodsk - Russia - a humourous card
A humourous card depicting an unlucky airship passenger dangling rather precariously over the mountains near Kislovodsk, Russia, suspended only by his jacket and the strength of the anchor rope

British Army Dirigible No 1, Nulli Secundus, over St. Paul s
British Army Dirigible No 1, christened Nulli Secundus (Latin: " Second to none" ) was a Semi-rigid airship. First flown on 10th September 1907

Launch of the LZ-126 Zeppelin - USS Los Angeles
The USS Los Angeles - a rigid airship, designated ZR-3 (Construction number LZ-126), which was built in 19231924 by the Zeppelin company in Friedrichshafen, Germany as war reparation

Airship Ville de Paris in flight at Verdun 1909

Come take a fly with me - Futuristic take on Airship Travel as a couple step aboard a shi perched on a high rise building. Date: 1911

Front cover of La Navigation Aerienne by J. Lecornu, published by Vuibert & Nony Editeurs, Paris. Date: 1903

A large airship in flight. Date: 1920s

Zeppelin Wreckers, RFC pilots Robinson, Tempest, Sowrey

Zeppelin-Staaken VGO III -although remaining a one-off, the VGO III six engined giant bomber served usefully after August 1916

Zeppelin Staaken (side view, on the ground)

Early British dirigible, front view
Early British dirigible, seen from the front, on the ground with crew. Date: early 20th century

Early British dirigible on the ground
Early British dirigible, seen here on the ground, with crew. Date: early 20th century

Early British dirigible on the ground with crew
Early British dirigible, seen here on the ground, with crew. Date: early 20th century

Early British dirigible in flight. Date: early 20th century

SSZ 63 airship with ships below, WW1
The SSZ 63 airship (or blimp), with RAF markings, flying above the sea towards the end of the First World War. SSZ stands for Sea Scout Zero. Date: circa 1918

Blimp at the 1951 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Part?
Blimp at the 1951 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at White Waltham Aerodrome on 6 May

Kite and blimp at the 1950 Royal Aeronautical Society Ga?
Kite and blimp at the 1950 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at White Waltham Aerodrome on 14 May

Gates to Alexandra Palace Park and Airship pilot Dr Barton
An absolutely fascinating postcard showing the gates to Alexandra Palace Park and Airship pilot Dr Francis Alexander Barton (1861-1939), who made a successful flight on 24th July, 1905

Hagia Sophia - Thessaloniki, Greece with Airship. Date: 1917

Graf von Zeppelin - portrait
Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin (1838-1917), also known as Count Zeppelin, German general, aviator and airship manufacturer, founder of the Zeppelin Airship company. Date: circa 1910

Summit of the Ballon D alsace, Vosges, France
An early airship (the Adjudant-Reau )passing the Monument of Joan of Arc, built on the summit of the Ballon D alsace - one of the most famous summits in the Vosges mountains

Riga, Latvia - Fantasy card
Riga, Latvia - Complete fantasy card, featuring a cable car, an airship, a tram, a hot air balloon, an early motorcar, a policeman on a bicycle and a jolly black man in a suit smoking a cigar

Goodyear Blimp Landing Field - Chicago, USA Date: 1933

Chicago World Fair - General Exhibits Group, housing the Graphic Arts, furniture, office supply, cosmetic, leather, sporting goods and jewellery industries. Date: 1933

Germany - Early Zeppelin docking at a floating hangar
Germany - Early Zeppelin airship docking at a floating hangar

Warneford attacks Zeppelin at Ghent
On 7 June 1915 at Ghent, Belgium, Reginald Alexander John Warneford, VC (1891- 1915), a Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) officer, flying a Morane-Saulnier Type L

Searchlights over St Pauls Cathedral
Searchlights pick out the menacing shape of a German Zeppelin flying a bombing raid over the capital during World War One

Zeppelin illuminated by searchlights
The unmistakable and ominous outline of a raiding German Zeppelin airship, illuminated by five searchlights. The Zeppelin raids (which commenced on 31st May 1915)

Airship over the Champs Elysees, Paris
An Airship flying over the Avenue des Champs Elysees, Paris. The street is filled with early motor taxis

The Gamma I Airship at Aldershot - an early British Army airship, tested prior to World War One

The Lebaudy Morning Star Airship in 1910 - paid for by readers of the Morning Star.On 26th October 1910 this was the second airship to cross the English Channel South to North

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