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simon commented on Web Security Horror Stories I forgot to include the photo credit - this is from http://www.flickr.com/photos/jalex_photo/1680862003 2 years ago
simon commented on I love Zeppelins, and you should too Here’s a handy mnemonic for remembering how many Ps and Ls there are in Zeppelin. 2 years ago
simon commented on I love Zeppelins, and you should too I wish they had made this film! http://airminded.org/2007/05/25/the-movie-that-time-forgot/ 2 years ago
simon commented on I love Zeppelins, and you should too From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airships_of_the_United_States_Navy 2 years ago
simon commented on I love Zeppelins, and you should too The USS Shenandoah crashed as well. 2 years ago
simon commented on I love Zeppelins, and you should too The USS Akron over Manhattan. Sadly this airship crashed tail-first in to the sea in 1933, killing 73 of the 76 men on board. A blimp sent to rescue them also crashed, killing two more. This is probably why the US Navy don’t use airships any more. 2 years ago
simon commented on I love Zeppelins, and you should too A Sparrowhawk plane about to hook on to the USS Akron. 2 years ago
simon commented on I love Zeppelins, and you should too The USS Macon’s spy bucket! Airships would hide in the clouds and lower this down to see what was going on below without being spotted, kind of like in upside down periscope. 2 years ago
simon commented on I love Zeppelins, and you should too The interior of the USS Macon control car. 2 years ago
simon commented on I love Zeppelins, and you should too This is what happens when your airship gets caught in a gust of wind and you don’t balance it in time. They got it back down again, and it was able to fly the next day. 2 years ago
simon commented on I love Zeppelins, and you should too This is the USS Los Angeles, a Zeppelin that was given to the US by the German Government due to war reparations. It’s moored to the USS Patoka, a mast ship. If you look closely you can see an anchor hanging from the other end of the airship. 2 years ago
simon commented on I love Zeppelins, and you should too A photo of a German Zeppelin. Most of the other photos in this talk are of American ones, because the pictures I found were better. 2 years ago
simon commented on I love Zeppelins, and you should too The Hindenburg disaster is totally over-blown. Of the 97 people on board, only 35 died. That’s much better than most plane crashes. 2 years ago
simon commented on I love Zeppelins, and you should too The R100 and R101 were British airships built in 1929 for the Imperial Airship Scheme, which planned to use them for passenger transport between Britain and her colonies. R100 made it to Canada and back. R101 set off for Calcutta, but only got as far as France before it crashed in a storm. The program was then scrapped. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Airship_Scheme 2 years ago
simon commented on I love Zeppelins, and you should too The hangar isn’t in very good nick. 2 years ago
simon commented on I love Zeppelins, and you should too Here’s one of the hangars. It was built in 1915. 2 years ago
simon commented on I love Zeppelins, and you should too They also flew it up to Cardington, home of the British airship program. Can you spot the hangars? 2 years ago
simon commented on I love Zeppelins, and you should too They flew their Zeppelin over London during August. Sadly I didn’t manage to book tickets. 2 years ago
simon commented on I love Zeppelins, and you should too http://www.airshipventures.com/ 2 years ago
simon commented on I love Zeppelins, and you should too Airship Ventures are a silicon valley startup who have bought a brand new Zeppelin NT and plan to transport it to the US and use it to fly tourists around the valley. 2 years ago

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