Return of the Zeppelins

kfg writes: "While the world has focused its aeronautic attention on the Helios solar powered plane the Zeppelin NT has carried it's first paying passengers on a one hour "tourist" flight in Germany, the first Zeppelin to do so since the infamous Hindenburg disaster. This comes after its return from the Paris Airshow where it was an unqualified hit with attendees. I can't really tell you why but this news tickles me more than any other tech news in ages. Sometimes the oldest tech is the coolest. Oh yeah, tickets are $280 American." This is the baby brother of the Cargolifter model; CNN has a brief story.

Comments

The first NT joke

[Gaccm]

So, who wants to bet on how long till it crashes? i give it 3 weeks uptime.

Lets just hope they don't mix the Zepllin CE, and version ME with the version NT, or things will just stop flying note to modorators: this was the forced stupid NT joke(s), now everyone else who does lame NT jokes can be called redundant,

You knew this was coming.

[DataGrok]

Windows crashed terribly. And Microsoft created Windows NT.

The original Zepplein crashed terribly. And now we have... the Zepplein NT.

This dosen't bode well for the stability of the aircraft.

Odd Hindenberg/Concorde/Led Zeppelin similarities

[KlomDark]

http://ooze.bloomnet.com/Music/LedZeppelinTMTC.htm

If at first you don't succeed....

[Anthony Boyd]

Zeppelin NT? What, are they trying to crash these things?

Other famous zepplins

[G-funk]

The soon to be release Microsoft Zepplin XP goes faster, the seats are better, but at 30,000ft you've gotta call Microsoft or it deflates and you crash to your horrible death.

Apple Zepplin X looks the best of them all, but the steering controls are weird, and there's no tvs in first class.

Zepplux, the grass roots version, goes faster, stays up in stronger winds, but you've gotta sit on milk crates the floor :-)