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Financial air let out of Airship Ventures

By tvgnus   Follow   Thu, 15 Nov 2012, 8:36am   409 views   7 comments
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http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=22301

Zeppelin-flying California firm shuts down •  It is with a very heavy heart that we've come to this point Airship Ventures Inc. says its done, without enough revenue to keep flying its giant Zeppelin lighter-than-air dirigible.

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1. EBGuy Follow Befriend 4 threads 2,095 comments

   1   1:56pm Thu 15 Nov 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Hmmm.... maybe they would have been better using the fuel in Shrek's photo as they claim a world helium shortage increased the company's operating costs.

2. Bellingham Bill Follow Befriend 29 threads 1,487 comments Bellingham, WA Premium

   2   2:22pm Thu 15 Nov 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   Protected   too bad I can't build a big-ass dirigible to escape the bay area's insane land valuations. . . I could parachute to work every day but getting back up is a bitch . . .

3. leo707 Follow Befriend (12) 10 threads 3,516 comments Oakland, CA leo707's website Premium

   3   3:47pm Thu 15 Nov 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   Being a fan of Airships, a while back I looked into doing one of their sightseeing tours. I don't remember the specifics but it was $300-400ish dollars for about an hour. I did not book a tour.

4. Bellingham Bill Follow Befriend 29 threads 1,487 comments Bellingham, WA Premium

   4   4:00pm Thu 15 Nov 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   For $400 you're better off booking a r/t to Seattle and just enjoying the view on the way in & out of SFO

5. zzyzzx Follow Befriend (9) 414 threads 4,124 comments Baltimore, MD

   5   4:10pm Thu 15 Nov 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   It's all Obama's fault!

6. Bellingham Bill Follow Befriend 29 threads 1,487 comments Bellingham, WA Premium

   6   4:15pm Thu 15 Nov 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   Arguably is the Republicans' fault: http://probizms.com/columns/barry-camp/be-careful-what-you-try-to-privatize/

7. New Renter Follow Befriend (3) 13 threads 2,206 comments San Jose, CA Premium

   7   6:45pm Thu 15 Nov 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   Melmakian says My photo was a reference to the cursed history of all attempts at commercializing rigid and semi-rigid airship transportation. They've all failed for one reason or another. Hydrogen is actually quite safe relative to public misperceptions but regulators won't let them use it. The Hindenburg disaster itself was caused not by some 'spark' that caused the hydrogen to go up but by the high flammability of the coatings on the support frames and the stuff the gas cells holding the hydrogen was made of -- both of which would NEVER be used in modern equivalents. But the regulators still live in Lakehurst, New Jersey circa 1937. Nice thing about hydrogen - it provides buoyancy AND can provide motive power via either fuel cells or an IC engine.