Incredible! I'm surprised they didn't use electromagnetics.

Amazing

I want more of a feel for the crew spaces. and walkways!

For your next welcome aboard video, perhaps you could do the Graf Zeppelin. It was the longest serving, and arguably greatest passenger airship to ever exist.

Hi from Texas! This video is just what I needed as I am interested in this airship fight when I go to Germany next month. What is the price of a short sightseeing trip? On the website I found that the prices to be around 600 to 1000 euros for an hour or less which is pretty darn expensive for a short sightseeing flight. Plus I'd have to double that for my girlfriends ticket. Do I have that right? Can you help on pricing? Thanks!

Fascinating video covering a fairly niche subject. Just found your channel so I will subscribe. Presumably there was a certain amount of static electricity that had to be discharged prior to handling the cables?

A ship with two Tails ! A subtle, intelligent sense of humour, Indeed. Too bad that the R101's terrible saga marked the end of this excellent Airship. The Germans were able to resume construction of their Famous and safe Zeppelins in the middle 20s. Starting in the late 20s and through most of the 30s, the Graf Zeppelin made regular trips to New York and Brazil. And even made a tour around the World featuring a full "load" of Famous passengers. Starting in New Jersey, she flew to Germany. And from there, to Japan. After a few fantastic days in Tokyo, the ship was flown to Los Angeles, facing terrible storms across the Pacífic. From Califórnia, she flew to New Jersey, amidst the madness of zillions of Fans. The much larger Hedinburg flew until 1937, alternating routes with the older sister. They featured several engines, some of them capable of producing reverse thrust -- highly important for manoeuvring. The fuel was a special and extremely Light "Blue Gas" produced by Zeppelin -- accordingly, the fuel equaled more boyance and not extra weight. . British and American vessels featured steel frames, while the German Zeppelins had extremely light Duralumin structures . In sum, much lighter airships although highly resistent -- the Graf even survived a major storm over the Pacífic, during which a few ships sunk. The Airship was presumed "dead" for 2 days, being later on spoted by a passenger vessel. After WW 2, Aviation became the Queen of the skies -- land opperated planes and not the former flying boats. In sum, the Zeppelins over time would be doomed, like the flying boats. Neverthless, both categories still emanate romantic, nostalgic feelings. Thank you for this great video. Warm Regards from Lisbon, Portugal.

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Interesting that it's sponsored by ZF as they began an offshoot of Zeppelin.

Such a professional presentation. Beautifully made, presented and narrated. Utterly absorbing from beginning to end. Thank you.

Fascinating ... but 'Friedrich Shafen' instead of 'Friedrichs Hafen' throughout drove me up the wall. I'm not a native German speaker but I have OCD. Sorry... I'll get me coat.

Thank you for this video, amazing experience. Airships should be more considered in global transportation.

Could someone please tell me what that ring of holes near the R101s nose is for? And why does the the paint seemingly change in the Mid-section of the ship? Many thanks.

Very nice ride, but I could only relax when we were over the border. But noone was thrown out of the windows because of missing tickets..

A very nice video about the Zeppelin NT. Greeting from Germany, Black Forest.

Friederichs Hafen, is the correct place name pronunciation

Speed?

New Life from an old concept... yes Airships are here to stay... would enjoy a slow cruise over cities and landscapes to be enjoyed in ways you can't in an airplane... even drones can't beat a personal view from in the sky...

I’d like to fly on that. Looks great.

Nice one indeed! 😀

$120,000 of helium in the bag... :O

For me the most magical moment of our trip was when the pilot did a full stop in the air over Friedrichaffen. The buoency was balanced about 500m of the ground. Full stop means no speed, no engine runing. Only an airship can do that. Also we did talk a lot with the pilots, as a pilot it was very interresting.

I live in the region and there is an interesting side effect to road traffic when this ship is airborne, I've noticed it a few times on the highway passing by the lake. Regional drivers who are used to it usually continue as usual and keep their speed on the highway, whereas cars with foreign plates or non-regional swiss numbers slow down significantly because drivers keep looking at the ship 😂

Cool!

I also took a flight this summer. Truly a one of a kind experience for aeronautical connoisseurs. One friendly advice: Obviously Friedrichshafen isn't easy to pronounce for English native speakers but try to see it as "Friedrich's Hafen". After all, that literally is what the city's name means in English. Keep it up.

I took a short trip on the Zeppelin NT out of Friedrichshafen a few years ago (I was attending the annual Aero Friedrichshafen). I found it the most relaxing and enjoyable flying experience ever (and I fly Cessnas myself !). You hit the nail on the head with the one safety concern I had......the open window and a phone or camera dropped from 1,000 feet on someone's head.....fatal. Maybe they could put in something like a perspex viewing bubble.

I love that they're coming back but I think I'm going to wait till the airships start looking like the glorious 1930s flying palaces of the golden era again ;)

Brilliant thank you for taking us along on this trip.. Now what we need is for ATG 🇬🇧 to get back into building and flight testing.

Wonderful video !!! ❤ I can imagine these majestic airships flying in the sky and to the far parts of the British Empire Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India, etc... can you make the planned r102, r103, r104, r105, airships interior layout if you can please?? but if you didn't find documents and plans no problem , these videos are good too!!

I didn't even know I wanted to know but that was cool. Probably chosen by the algorithm cos I'm a mechanic and watch engineering videos lol

So this is the 1930 configuration, post-weight savings? Less cabins and sleeping quarter promenade deck removed?

What a superb video very, very interesting

So great to see this Airship and how to handle it. Are there more Information available about the Ship? Volumen, L/D, Power

Coating the smoking room with asbestos, to make it safe inside the the hydrogen airship. Now thats gotta be the most 20th century scenario ive ever heard

I was an engineer on board the FujiFilm Airship "tweaking" the propeller pitch controllers for the race win. Good times for all!

10:00 Props to the cameraman who went back in time to video the scenes.

Some years ago, i read "Slide rule" by Neville Shute Norway (a book i can recommend to anyone interested in rigid airships), which told of his involvment with the R100. As part of R100's flight trials, she flew over Ireland for a prolonged period. I asked my grandad (b. 1899, d.1997) if he had ever seen her in flight. I was fascinated when he replied yes.

Had to last-minute Google how to do this. Thanks for the video. Don't know what I'd have done without it.

Erm... erm...er... ermm... Makes it a hard listen...

Wonderful! Great find!

The government asked too much by expecting to send its new ship all the way to India. She only had one 16 hr. trial flight. Officials sent the ship out in poor weather, because the Imperial Conference was in session in London. She had to get to India and back as a demonstration while the conference was still in session. The trial flights planned by the captain had never been carried out. Thanks for making this terrific video about this great ship. RIP to the passengers and crew who died because of the poor decisions of others. (Info from Rosendahl 1938)

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we traded this for airplanes, which by the way, falls down from the sky with almost no survivors all the time

Thanks for the great videos. I always enjoy your work

Too bad Methane isn't lighter than air! Because if you had an accident it would really annoy the people on the ground! Lol. 😜

Great video. I have some original photos of the BAWL flying in the summer of 1975. It looks roughly 15% shorter (more oval) than in this video.

Fascinating. Thank you!

Well how did they moor on Empire state builinds and othes. And as well on sea ships? Thanks

I am reading Nevil Shute's autobiography 'Slide Rule' and have so many questions about how airships operated, many of which you have answered in this splendid film. Thank you. Now to get on board!

The R-100! Along with Graf Zeppelin, one of the successful airships. As an American, I give you permission to show the photo the Los Angeles, ahem, 'out of position' while moored. An example of how NOT to do it.