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Luftschiff Zeppelin 3: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 05/17/2007 - 1:06pm.
Luftschiff Zeppelin 3, July 1908, approaching its hangar on the Bodensee. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection.
What goes around
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 07/21/2009 - 7:39pm.
Hangars on water could rotate freely and matched the rotation of the zeppelins as the wind blew
Zeppelins landing on water
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sun, 05/20/2007 - 8:58pm.
the air is more stable over water, less chance for thermals that could catch the craft and cause it to smash into the hangar - a common problem with early zeppelins on land where the cross winds at the hangar doors caused the early demise of several.
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