British fan of German Zeppelins set to sell his 15 TON collection of airship memorabilia worth £1million... after plan to display it in 'hangar' museum never really took off | Mail Online
Those photographs are really good. What a sight those Airships must have been coming in over a city....
A fascinating collection and a shame he wasn't able to realise his dream of opening an airship museum. Presumably it must have been quite choppy crossing the Atlantic in an airship?
What a sight those Airships must have been coming in over a city.... Had the same thought. Biggest 'vehicles' humans have made? Though as I have an entire book called 'Airshipwrecks', I can see why they mostly died out. Edit: Duh! Many ships bigger, surely... And duh again.
Those photographs are really good. What a sight those Airships must have been coming in over a city.... There's some great shots from Hindenburg's visit to New York. Nice little article here about the Empire State Building and its zeppelin mooring mast. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/realestate/26scapes.html My gran used to share a story of how as a little girl she looked out the window of her bedroom during one of the Zeppelin raids and saw one caught in searchlights about their house. She said it seemed so scary and huge hanging in the sky over their house she hid under the bed and wouldn't come out when her parents came for her.
Enjoyed the link very much. Magnificent engineering let down by some slightly dodgy navigation.... There were two Zeppelin raids close to where I live. In 1916, the target was the city of Derby but they were a little off course: Zeppelin Airship L21 over Lancashire. | Flickr - Photo Sharing! The second raid was in 1918 when Wigan was bombed, on return to Germany the logbook was completed with the remark that Sheffield had been successfully hit! Wigan Album, ZEPPELIN RAID 1918 :: wiganworld
L10 bombed the houses in my street in 1916. Those that were rebuilt post-war were then destroyed by a V2 in September 44! Unlucky
First Zeppelin shot down in WW1 was by a plane from Hornchurch (where I live) then called Suttons Farm. It was shot down 2/3 Sept 1916 pilot William Leefe Robinson awarded VC
A form of transport I've always wanted to try - them and the Empire Class Flying Boats. These days I'm in no hurry to get anywhere fast. Pete
http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/barracks/15188-fancy-flight-zeppelin.html http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/prewar/14264-graf-zeppelin.html http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/general/15736-graff-zeppelin.html http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/prewar/13129-zeppelins-during-ww1.html http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/war-air/9159-airship-ww2.html
Some great stories and memories included here - thanks. I'm a little reluctant to post this now seeing Diane's impressive list of past links on the subject, but here are a couple of of airship videos among many on YouTube that might be of interest: Airships as Aircraft Carriers Britain's R101 Airship
A search for the acronym "LEMV" ( Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle ) will find articles about a hybrid airship which, it is hoped, will be deployed in Afghanistan this year. It will be unmanned. Hybrid airships rely on buoyancy from some lighter than air gas, thrust from engines, and aerofoil shape.
the 'football crowd roar' that was heard all over east London when it went down was legendary last engaged by the guns at West Ham Park Up the Hammers! First Zeppelin shot down in WW1 was by a plane from Hornchurch (where I live) then called Suttons Farm. It was shot down 2/3 Sept 1916 pilot William Leefe Robinson awarded VC
Amazing and yet sad that it will be broken up through the sale room quite a bit of history there and a man's life achievement in putting it together, a sad day for him. Although the article only gives a snap shot of the collection which is going for sale what sticks out are the photographic images and the "explosive darts" which were to thrown at raiding Zeppelins, if I might say this sounds a "very English" way of waging war. A great read but I can't help feeling a little sad, hope it all finds a good home(s) and hopefully the RAF Museum might acquire some of it as (IMO) it deserves to be seen and used to educate .
I thought all the fellow airship enthusiasts here might enjoy this article from the BBC website: BBC News - Pulham St Mary airship photographs saved from skip
