They dared us to land in the parking lot.
We're not taking that dare!
We need about 1000x1000 feet - well over 20 acres!
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Ground Team Crosses the Line
The ground team are behind us a bit -- we cheated and went straight across the lake.
Chicago Bound
We'll be based at Chicago DuPage for the whole July 4 holiday weekend.
Call our reservations team 650-969-8100 to book. We will have multiple options in length and route to pick from, or for a group charter can create a custom tour to fly over your home or business.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Where is Eureka Today?
(Not as artful, but folks at home can track the ship live at the tracking page.)
Name That Part
Be the first to correctly identify this part via blog post comment and receive a Farmers Airship souveneir (if you post with your id or leave a way for us to contact you).
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Deicing Trucks
Prep for Akron
We have a weather window today to make way for Akron and plan to take it.
See you in Ohio!
Friday, June 24, 2011
Air Force One
(thanks from Matthew with Eureka out at KPIT)
Friday, June 10, 2011
The "UP" Ship
Josef at Airborne Grafix has added a new model to his collection, for the "UP" branding we flew in 2008.
(Hey Josef, you are only 2 years behind!)
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Visit to ILC Dover
Yesterday we took a field trip to ILC Dover in Frederica Deleware. ILC makes envelopes for a number of airships including the Zeppelin NT.
ILC was founded in 1937 and has a rich history. During WW2 they provided river rafts and flexible canteen liners among other things. But a project they are particularly proud of was their participation in the Apollo project. ILC bid and won the contract to provide the space suits used by our astronauts on that program and continues in that role today.
Of particular interest to us, ILC makes envelopes for Airships and aerostats both military and commercial.
We had a great tour and discussed our goals and opprtunities for the future.
Special thanks go out to Tim and Gil, our hosts for the day.
ILC was founded in 1937 and has a rich history. During WW2 they provided river rafts and flexible canteen liners among other things. But a project they are particularly proud of was their participation in the Apollo project. ILC bid and won the contract to provide the space suits used by our astronauts on that program and continues in that role today.
We had a great tour and discussed our goals and opprtunities for the future.
Special thanks go out to Tim and Gil, our hosts for the day.
