Trip in a blimp?

[Simpo Two]

Friend of mine sees the Goodyear blimp go past his office every day and thinks he'd like a trip in something similar. Has anyone tried such a thing and what options are there?

[Seb d]

Not used them but these guys do flights in the UK: http://zeppelintours.com/#/uk/4522632442

[Carpie]

Not a good idea, what if you thought you could fly and jumped out?

[Simpo Two]

Looks just the thing - will pass it on.

The wonders of PH

[Scotty2]

Mr Simpo,

I can highly recommend the Zeppelin tours from Friedrichshafen. An experience not to be missed. You can also tour the Zepplinhalle (hanger) and visit the Zeppelin Museum. The reproduction of a small section of the Hindenburg is really eyeopening and when you see the scale of it against a model you get an idea of how giant these ships of the sky were!

Goodyear is a Blimp and not rated to carry passangers. The NT07 can carry 12 passengers and two crew.

A larger 44 seater is planned...

When I win the Eurolottery, a replica of the Graf Zeppelin II is planned by me!!

[Seb d]

Scotty2 said:

Mr Simpo,

I can highly recommend the Zeppelin tours from Friedrichshafen. An experience not to be missed. You can also tour the Zepplinhalle (hanger) and visit the Zeppelin Museum. The reproduction of a small section of the Hindenburg is really eyeopening and when you see the scale of it against a model you get an idea of how giant these ships of the sky were!

Goodyear is a Blimp and not rated to carry passangers. The NT07 can carry 12 passengers and two crew.

A larger 44 seater is planned...

When I win the Eurolottery, a replica of the Graf Zeppelin II is planned by me!!

I've been to the Zeppelin museum! It was great

[Chrisgr31]

Simpo Two said:

Friend of mine sees the Goodyear blimp go past his office every day and thinks he'd like a trip in something similar. Has anyone tried such a thing and what options are there?

You sure its the Good Year one. There has been one painted like the Good Year one floating around East London all this week, however its no longer got Good Year written on it! I assume its die to the Olympic Marketing rules.

I guess its carrying TV relay equipment, the plane that was doing the job crashlanded at Cambridge last week following a believed electrical equipment failure.

[Simpo Two]

Chrisgr31 said:

There has been one painted like the Good Year one floating around East London all this week, however its no longer got Good Year written on it! I assume its die to the Olympic Marketing rules.

It is. Must be nice having corporate lawyers!

I'm surprised they didn't sell the space to Coca-Cola etc!

[Ynox]

Had a trip on the Phillips one back in 1996 (my old man won a trip).

Was impressive, the pilot was a crazy Aussie who seemed hell bent on showing me what the thing could do. Brilliant experience.

[anonymous-user]

Ynox said:

the pilot was a crazy Aussie who seemed hell bent on showing me what the thing could do. Brilliant experience.

I bet.
However, it won't do a negative-G pushover.

[Prawo Jazdy]

I have something to add. The data on the blimp is inaccurate.

[richie slow]

I flew in the Fuji Film airship many years ago. It was an amazing flight all conducted at 1500' agl over central London. Only me and the pilot on board, taking it in turns to fly the airship. I can still remember just how loud it was in there and five hours of buzzing around really hurts your ears. They might look graceful from a distance but the noise is much more noticeable when it's just a few feet from where you are sitting.

Still a great experience though, I was very lucky to beg a ride.

[Scotty2]

Zeppelins engines are mounted away from the gondela so very quiet. The rear prop that swivels to act as a stern thruster is brilliant engineering.