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Lighthouse and flying Zeppelin . Montauk, NY
Nellie Vin ©Photography 2016
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While royal forces enjoy dominance in the air on the lower echelons, the Empire Aeronautic Armada still is a great threat to them. Well armored and well armed and preferring to stay on high altitudes, imperial zeppelins are not so easy to put down.
So royal aeronautic department came up with solution: the Äsping aeroplane. Other than advanced design it has two powerful piston engines, which give a great thrust-to-weight ratio. Coupled with two autoloading 20mm cannons it makes Äsping an ideal zeppelin hunter.
Those cannons can be also useful for aerial support for the troops, although Äsping has quite poor ground visibility.
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I'm very late to the show, as always, but better late than never eh? This is my VV for this NoVVember. Well, kinda...
I wanted to push the idea of VV further than usual - and I like the result, even if it's not really a VV anymore. And also I wanted to develop my "colonialpunk" setting further, now it will feature weird late 19th century to WW1 style flying machines. This plane is meant to be a very recent development though.
Catch the wind see us spin,
Sail away leave the day,
Way up high in the sky...
But the wind won't blow,
You really shouldn't go,
It only goes to show,
That you will be mine,
By taking our time...
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Oh, let the sun beat down upon my face, stars fill my dreams
I am a traveler of both time and space, to be where I have been
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
Would have loved to experience the golden age of the zeppelin back in the 1920s and 30s. Modern day blimps offer only a sense of what it must have been like to witness one of these behemoths flying overhead. Nowadays there's simply no aircraft that can compare size-wise to something nearly as long as a football field. That's just one of those weird connections I make when I come across a cloud formation such as this jaw-dropper. I just happened to be driving near this small inland lake near sunset when this massive cloud formation came into view. I jumped out of the car and walked right up to the water's edge. Icy wind blasted me right in the face as it flowed unobstructed over the open water. So much so that it was difficult to breathe, the air being pushed back into my lungs as I exhaled. Meanwhile the massive formation lumbered silently overhead. It stretched back for at least a half mile, perhaps more. Have always loved the dark tones of evening clouds. Not sure what causes this, probably a lack of reflected light from the ground. It gives the clouds a tremendous sense of depth and structure. The formation twisted and undulated as clouds do, constantly changing shape which altered the light and shadow. As I shot photos I imagined a giant Zeppelin passing low over the black water and how it might feel in those last moments before the shadow overtook me. The effect lasted just a few minutes. The illusion vanished abruptly as the sun angle decreased. And suddenly I was just a guy standing by the edge of a lake with freezing cold fingers. But for a moment it was so real.
Postcard from the late 1930s depicting an ultra modern mode of transport :)
reverse: www.flickr.com/photos/annawilder/3738316956/
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Der Europa-Park Zeppelin ist mit 75 Metern länger als ein A380, fast 20 Meter breit, hat ein Volumen von 8.425 m³
At 75 meters, the Europa-Park Zeppelin is longer than an A380, almost 20 meters wide and has a volume of 8,425 m³
Picture taken by my dad.
The car in the foreground is a rare SHW-Wagen from 1925. It was designed with front-wheel drive, a self-supporting light alloy body, independent suspension and a four-wheel braking system.
The car in the middle is a Gaylord Gladiator from 1957. Designed by Brooks Stevens, known for Studebaker and Harley-Davidson designs, this American luxury car was built by the Zeppelin Company in Friedrichshafen. It has a Cadillac V8 engine and only 3 were assembled.
The car in the distance is a Maybach Zeppelin, built in 1938 in Friedrichshafen. It has an 8 liter V12 engine.
Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen, Germany.
Yet another airship in my portfolio, I think the last one. Zeppelin inspired by Goodyear zepp, however some ppl may find similarities to Red Alert 2 Kirov - maybe, I never played this game :) Shape and frame is based on my previous zeppelin. It was send to BDP9 program so if you want to leave your vote, here comes the link, thanks in advance the link