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Zeppelin Flies Again

Posted by Hemos on from the taking-to-the-air dept.

rakerman writes "The Globe and Mail reports Japanese firm buys first new-look Zeppelin. "Makers of the revived Zeppelin airship delivered their first helium-filled craft to a commercial user Saturday, a Japanese company that plans to use the 12-seat craft for sightseeing trips and advertising." They call themselves Zeppelin-NT, or as the Germans say "Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik GmbH"."

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  1. Oh the humanity! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is a terrible day! What a tragedy! Oh, my God! Those poor people!

    1. Re:Oh the humanity! by cayenne8 · · Score: 5, Funny
      Damn, when I first read the headline, I thought they finally were going to hae a Led Zeppelin reunion concert tour.....

      Oh well........

      :-(

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    2. Re:Oh the humanity! by Paulrothrock · · Score: 4, Funny
      The japanese must have some technology to bring Bonham back from the dead!

      (There's a really great classical work called "Bonham" that all LZ fans should check out.)

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    3. Re:Oh the humanity! by karait · · Score: 5, Funny

      Zeppelin-NT A product composed of TWO items famous for crashes!

  2. Zep2k by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    They should upgrade to Zep 2000 (based on NT technology.)

  3. Comment by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You lost a great opportunity to be quiet. Don't let those pass you again.

    Sincerely,
    Mr Blinky

  4. Re:MOD PARENT UP by The+Ultimate+Fartkno · · Score: 4, Funny


    Considering that the Hindenburg itself was *literally* flamebait, perhaps the mod was going all uber-meta and using the flamebait mod as a subtle show of recognition.

    Then again, maybe the mod's just a dumbass.

  5. Advertising? by Guppy06 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "a Japanese company that plans to use the 12-seat craft for (...) advertising."

    If they put light-emitting diodes on the sides for an electronic billboard, would that make it a LED Zeppelin?

  6. Zeppelin NT ? by p4ul13 · · Score: 4, Funny
    From the article: We named it "ZeppelinNT because we want people to know that it will be patched regularly to keep it from crashing".

    Personally I'll never understand marketing folks. =)

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  7. Re:NT? by cmacb · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think Microsoft has a solid claim for prior art on vapor technology.

  8. I guess it was just... by Art+Tatum · · Score: 4, Funny

    A communication breakdown.