Airshipworld Journal (formerly GASBAG): Issues in 2003

March 2003 Cover No. 51: March 2003


OUR COVER:

Ready for lift-off. The third of the Zeppelin NT airships on the snow-covered field outside the Allmannsweiler hangar at Friedrichshafen. The ship’s maiden flight took place on Sunday 9 February, and all systems worked according to plan. Registered D-LZZF, this ship will join D-LZZR Bodensee in passenger service over Lake Constance; it features an extra passenger seat to accommodate thirteen in contrast to the Bodensee’s twelve.
Photo courtesy of Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik GmbH.
 

IN THIS ISSUE:

4    ROUNDUP...
A selection of LTA items from around the world.

6 GERMAN REPORT
Sig Geist gives a comprehensive review of goings-on from the deep south to the far north of the country.

14 ZEPPELIN NEWS
Complementing the above article, Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang von Zeppelin gives further details of Friedrichshafen and Bodensee activities.

16 GERMAN OLD-TIMER’ DEATHS
The ranks are thinning out, as Sig Geist advises.

18 FIFTH DGLR LTA WORKSHOP
A summary of proceedings at this Berlin event.
AEROSTATION SECTION:
1 Editorial
2 Review: Hayward “The Military Utility of Airships”
14 Review: De Syon, “Zeppelin! Germany and the Airship, 1900-1939"
19 ALLIED VICTORY
How the airship contributed to the effort; Roy D Schickedanz
comments

22 AIRSHIPS v. SUBMARINES IN WWII.
Richard Van Treuren presents update 5 of his in-depth
investigation.

27 ARNO BOERNER - A POSTSCRIPT
Since the original article in our last issue, Herman Van Dyk
has found
out more.

28 WWI AIRSHIP SHEDS LIVE ON
Still performing a useful service, as Dipl-Phys. Jürgen Bock
explains.

31 THE PATENT FILE: 57
Barnes Wallis’ ingenious “spider” joint used on the R-100.