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July 2009

Been-Seen.com  Led (by a) Zeppelin
SF Gate / San Francisco Chronicle  Airship Ride Offers Breathtaking Views
Diablo Magazine   Best of the East Bay

June 2009

SF Examiner   Give dad a day to remember
The Pacific Flyer  Giant Flying Airbags Invade San Francisco Or, Led Zeppelin Is Back (Without The Band)
USA Today   Take to the Calif. skies in the new zeppelin

May 2009

SF Business News   A star is born: Startup zeppelin firm heads for L.A., gets movie deal
Pixarplanet.com  Up Two For One: Blimp Goes Up + New Up Still
The Pixar Blog  Up' airship spotted
Stitchkingdom.com  LOOK UP IN THE SKY! IT’S A BIRD, IT’S A PLANE, IT’S… IT’S… WELL… UP!
OC Register  O.C. to see quick return of world’s biggest airship
OC Register  World’s largest airship flies over Seal Beach
7x7 Magazine  May 2009 Cover
French Toast  Only In San Francisco
LA’s The Place  Climb Aboard The Zeppelin Airship / Now In Los Angeles
Long Beach Press Telegram  Zeppelin Offering Tours Over Long Beach Area
Long Beach Report  Long Beach Reports on the Zeppelin
Only in San Francisco  Only In San Francisco
Orange County Register  World's Largest Airship Flies Over Seal Beach
Orange County Register  Airship Contest Winner Is...
Salinas Californian  Salinas buzzed by Zeppelin
SF Chronicle  A high-flying ad campaign
SF Citizen  Pixar Advertises on World's Largest Zeppelin
Seal Beach Daily  Seal Beach May Get a Flyover
KABC-TV, Los Angeles  Zeppelin Eureka arrives in Long Beach
KTLA.com  The Zeppelin
KFI AM 640 LA Morning Show Warm LA Welcome!

November 2008

Silicon Valley Community Newspapers  Company lets passengers rise above it all
San Jose Mercury News  Moffett Field is 75
The Beaumont Enterprise  Historic debut

October 2008

The Beaumont Enterprise  Airship: Company that owns Zeppelin plans to provide sight-seeing tours
San Jose Mercury News  Zeppelin brings light touch to Bay Area tourism
SF Chronicle  Aloft again - an ocean liner in the sky
The Salinas Californian   Zeppelin arrives in Salinas
San Jose Mercury News  Zeppelin's Return
SF Chronicle  Hoping for blue skies ahead
Thrillist.com The Bay Area Zeppelin
The Monterey County Herald  A zeppelin adventure

July 2008

Assignment:Future  Floating an Old Idea: Airships
Airshipworld  The Zeppelin NT #4 on its way to London
The New York Times  Why Fly When You Can Float?

June 2008

Airship  Sister Ships Zeppelin NT 07-04 and NT-07-03
Napa Valley Register  Zeppelin flights for Napa?

May 2008

Palo Alto Daily News  German Zeppelin Takes Flight
Earth Times  First Flight of New Zeppelin Airship Completed
People's Daily  German-made Zeppelins Making California Comeback
MSNBC  Floating an Old Idea: Zeppelins Return
VentureBeat  Look, Up in the Sky: Zeppelin Company Airship Ventures Raises $8MSVSJ Business Journal  Airship Ventures Closes $8M round

March 2008

Airship  Friedrichshafen Update

February 2008

Mountain View Voice  Airship Ventures Takes Up Residence at Moffett
City Feet  Zeppelin Tours Coming to Moffett Field
Airshipworld  Airships are Coming Back to Moffet Field

January 2008

The Hermeneus  Zeppelin!

December 2007

Hangar One  Fate of Hangar One Could Be Set this Month
Loco2  Airships!

November 2007

Wired Science  Zeppelin Could Return to NASA Ames
Mountain View Voice  Company Floats Zeppelin Idea
Palo Alto Daily News  Zeppelin Plan Picks Up Speed

September 2007

San Jose Mercury News  Cassidy: Zeppelin Plan Crazy Enough to Take Off
Palo Alto Daily News  Zeppelin May Fly Over the Golden Gate to Moffett Field

July 2007

Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik GmbH
Zeppelin NT Flies for Jülich Climatologists
Zeppelin NT Receives Commercial Passenger License in Japan

June 2007

CNET  Tourist Airship May Soar over SF in 2008
Akron Beacon Journal  The Next Best Thing to a Blimp Ride
Mountain View Voice  Will Moffett Again House a Zeppelin?

May 2007

Esther Dyson's Flight School blog  Airship Dreams

April 2007

Airshipworld  Airship Ventures on the Rise
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