MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- Airship Ventures announces that the largest airship in the world, the 246-foot-long Airship Ventures Zeppelin, has left Hamburg, Germany, aboard the 530-foot-long container ship "Combi Dock I" and is on its way across the Atlantic.
One of only three Zeppelins in the world, and the first to come to the USA, the airship is expected to arrive at the port of Beaumont, TX, on or around October 12. The ship will then be off-loaded, and after some re-assembly and flight checks, flown cross-country.
The historic journey will take the ship through Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona before entering California and crossing the Rocky Mountains at Banning Pass. Traveling up the coast for a San Francisco entrance through the Golden Gate Bridge, it will then land at its new home -- the airship hangars of Moffett Field -- some two weeks after arrival at the port.
"There is nothing quite like a ride in the Zeppelin," says Brian Hall, Airship Ventures president. "Imagine being gently lifted into the sky, a birds-eye view of life 1000 feet below. You will gain a new perspective of our world, and your place within it. We call it an 'altitude adjustment.'"
"While this historic flight represents the start of operations here in the United States for the Zeppelin, it is the culmination of nearly two years of hard work by teams at both Airship Ventures and Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik," says Alex Hall, Airship Ventures CEO.
Scenic "flight-seeing" tours will be offered aboard the Zeppelin from several Bay Area locations, with itineraries showcasing the San Francisco Bay/Silicon Valley, Sonoma/Napa wine regions, and Monterey/Big Sur coastline. The airship will also be used for a variety of technological and scientific research missions.
For more information visit www.airshipventures.com.
