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Blimp Collection (page 2)

Background imageBlimp Collection: Giffard airship

Giffard airship
Henri Giffard hydrogen-filled airship, from 1852

Background imageBlimp Collection: Airship project by Petin (French balloonist)

Airship project by Petin (French balloonist)
Antique illustration of a Airship project by Petin (French balloonist)

Background imageBlimp Collection: Illustration of Zeppelin airship

Illustration of Zeppelin airship

Background imageBlimp Collection: Illustration of the Hindenburg airship

Illustration of the Hindenburg airship

Background imageBlimp Collection: Illustration of Zeppelin airship and Fokker triplane (1st World War aviation)

Illustration of Zeppelin airship and Fokker triplane (1st World War aviation)

Background imageBlimp Collection: Hot air balloons above a gorgeous landscape of Cappadocia in Turkey

Hot air balloons above a gorgeous landscape of Cappadocia in Turkey

Background imageBlimp Collection: USS Los Angeles

USS Los Angeles
The US Airship USS Los Angeles ZR3 flying over Washington DC. Built in Germany by the Zeppelin Airship Construction Company as the LZ-126

Background imageBlimp Collection: Graf Zeppelin

Graf Zeppelin
Giant dirigible the Graf Zeppelin just after landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, on her second visit to the USA. The underside of the giant craft is lit up giving the appearance of a giant flying

Background imageBlimp Collection: Zeppelin

Zeppelin
circa 1914: German Zeppelin used in raids on French strategic points on the west front. During 1916, whilst on one of the raids, the Zeppelin was badly holed by shells

Background imageBlimp Collection: Out On A Wing

Out On A Wing
circa 1920: The construction team of the Rohrbach airship Romar line up on the aircrafts wings. The Romar completed its first successful flight in 1928

Background imageBlimp Collection: R-101 Hangar

R-101 Hangar
circa 1930: Airship hangar built to house the R101 at Karadiu, India, the destination of the airships ill-fated flight. It crashed near Beauvais, France on 5th October 1930

Background imageBlimp Collection: TC - 13 Airship

TC - 13 Airship
circa 1930: TC - 13 Airship being inflated. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBlimp Collection: Hangar Demolished

Hangar Demolished
circa 1920: Zeppelin hangar under demolition. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBlimp Collection: Off To The Pole

Off To The Pole
circa 1930: Propellers on the Graf Zeppelin airship as she is about to take off for a polar flight. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBlimp Collection: Hot air balloon flying sunset, Cappadocia, Turkey

Hot air balloon flying sunset, Cappadocia, Turkey

Background imageBlimp Collection: colorful hot air balloons

colorful hot air balloons

Background imageBlimp Collection: Hot air balloons in cappadocia

Hot air balloons in cappadocia

Background imageBlimp Collection: Hot air balloon

Hot air balloon

Background imageBlimp Collection: Souvenir Hunters

Souvenir Hunters
23rd September 1916: Visitors to a Zeppelin crash site in Essex search for fragments of the debris in a turnip field. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBlimp Collection: Souvenir Hunters

Souvenir Hunters
23rd September 1916: Visitors to a Zeppelin crash site in Essex crowd around a souvenir merchant who is selling pieces of the fallen craft. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBlimp Collection: Inflating Airship

Inflating Airship
circa 1910: Filling the envelope of Spencer Airship during inflation. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBlimp Collection: Bombed House

Bombed House
July 1915: Crowds outside a house in Shoreditch, London, bombed in a zeppelin raid during World War I. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBlimp Collection: Crowds In The Street

Crowds In The Street
July 1915: People gathered in the streets of Shoreditch after a zeppelin raid on the area. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBlimp Collection: Bomb Damaged House

Bomb Damaged House
July 1915: The remains of a house in Shoreditch, London, after a Zeppelin raid on the area. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBlimp Collection: Damaged Building

Damaged Building
July 1915: A group of women and children looking at a damaged building in Shoreditch in east London which was hit during a zeppelin raid during World War I

Background imageBlimp Collection: Airship Balloon

Airship Balloon
circa 1930: The balloon of an airship when inflated floats in its hangar. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBlimp Collection: Frame Of Zeppelin

Frame Of Zeppelin
February 1919: The wooden frame of a zeppelin under construction at Short Brothers Works. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBlimp Collection: Point Of Impact

Point Of Impact
2nd October 1916: A group of men cluster round a dent in the grass caused by a falling body at a zeppelin crash site in Potters Bar. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBlimp Collection: Airship Mayfly

Airship Mayfly
H M Airship No 1, built in Barrow as a response to German advances in airship technology, prior to its maiden test-flight. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBlimp Collection: Airship Wreckage

Airship Wreckage
The remains of a Zeppelin L2 naval airship, near Berlin. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBlimp Collection: Zeppelin Fire

Zeppelin Fire
Crowds survey the wreck of a Zeppelin airship LZ-4, the fourth design of Count von Zeppelin, which caught fire at Echterdingen. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBlimp Collection: Spencer Airship

Spencer Airship
A Spencer Airship ascending at Ranelagh, watched by a fashionable crowd. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBlimp Collection: Vast R34 Airship

Vast R34 Airship
Britains R 34 airship moored in Mineola, New York, on the first leg of the first return-crossing of the Atlantic by air in July 1919, under Major G H Scott and a crew of 31 plus one stowaway

Background imageBlimp Collection: Moored Italia

Moored Italia
General Umberto Nobiles ill-fated airship Italia, moored at Svalbard before an attempt to reach the North Pole. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBlimp Collection: Mayfly Disaster

Mayfly Disaster
H M Airship No 1, built in Barrow as a response to German advances in airship technology, lying twisted in half and beyond repair after a gust of wind tipped it over prior to its maiden test-flight

Background imageBlimp Collection: Overhead Plane

Overhead Plane
23rd September 1916: Visitors to a Zeppelin crash site in Essex watch a low flying aeroplane pass overhead. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBlimp Collection: Zeppelin Raid

Zeppelin Raid
February 1916: Crowds in the street in Leyton during a Zeppelin raid. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBlimp Collection: Crashed Zeppelin

Crashed Zeppelin
20th March 1917: The ruins of a German Zeppelin being inspected by French troops. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBlimp Collection: Airship R101 Disaster Wreckage

Airship R101 Disaster Wreckage
7th October 1930: Wreckage of the airship R101 which crashed and burst into flames in a forest near Beauvais on its maiden voyage to India. Only six of the 54 people on board survived. (Photo by S)

Background imageBlimp Collection: Dirigible Duo

Dirigible Duo
26th April 1930: The Graf Zeppelin under Dr Eckener arrives at Cardington airfield, Bedfordshire, where another ship, the R100 is already moored

Background imageBlimp Collection: R33 Returns

R33 Returns
April 1925: A landing party follow the airship R33 into its hangar at Pulham, Norfolk after a successful flight from Cardington in Bedford

Background imageBlimp Collection: Airship Test

Airship Test
April 1925: The R33 airship emerges from its hangar to begin a series of trial flights for research purposes. Its first voyage will be from Cardington in Bedford to Pulham in Norfolk

Background imageBlimp Collection: Hangar Time

Hangar Time
March 1919: Airship R33 leaving its hangar for its first ever flight at an aerodrome in Barlow, Yorkshire. (Photo by R. Humphrey/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBlimp Collection: Airship In Flight

Airship In Flight
June 1919: An SST-9 airship in flight. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBlimp Collection: Airborne

Airborne
3rd June 1919: NS-11 airship over the city (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBlimp Collection: HMS Queen Elizabeth with the fleet at Southend

HMS Queen Elizabeth with the fleet at Southend
July 1919: NS-7 airship over His Majestys Ship Queen Elizabeth with the fleet at Southend, Essex. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBlimp Collection: Inflating Airship

Inflating Airship
circa 1910: A French airship, with a Dansette motor. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageBlimp Collection: The Burney

The Burney
15th September 1930: The Burney, a new streamlined car designed by Sir Denniston Burney who was responsible for the design of the R 100 (R100) airship. The engine is in the rear



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