From Bernal Hill flying above San Francisco

January 31 - From Bernal Hill flying above San Francisco

-- sfmike

Flying North along the Santa Cruz coast Saturday

We were flying North along the Santa Cruz coast Saturday January 17, 2009 and spotted the Ship below us near Wilder Ranch. Beautiful!

Thanks!
-Linda

May you always be three mistakes above the ground!

I work in 475 Sansome, SF. Just saw the ship over Alcatraz. Googled the phone number, and here you were!

Fabulous!

Your web site that shows the position is great, but you really need to ping more often than every 30 minutes. Unless there's a security risk? In 30 minutes the ship is gone!

In the words of my CFII, may you always be three mistakes above the ground!

-- Dave Hildebrandt

I snapped these pictures via the Exploratorium internet roof cam

I snapped these pictures via the Exploratorium internet roof cam, while online at the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville, VA . Kinda surreal ...

I assume that it is your ship, though the pictures are not definitive. Your website indicates your ship in the area at the time of the pics. (30 Jan. 2009 23:00 hrs GMT)

-- Rob Kavanaugh

Saw it flying over San Bruno, Ca

Saw it flying over San Bruno, Ca. most likely in between El Camino Real and the Cal Train Tracks. It was cool seeing it.

-- Jorge Pineda

A nice, low view of the belly

I work near Moffett, so I got a nice, low view of the belly on 27 January!

-- Lyra

From the top of the Pacific Telephone building in SF at sunset

Jan 14th 2009 from the top of the Pacific Telephone building in SF at sunset

-- Henrik Kam

Saw the Zeppelin out over the ocean

Well I was sitting in my office saturday when I looked up to see the Zepplin out over the ocean and turning north back toward the peninsula. I was able to grab my camera and get out to the deck before you had gotten very far and capture a few shots of your return to Yankee Point. I wish it were allowed and I had had yours or Fritz' cell number and could have called to wish you good day and say how glorious you looked floating along above us. I waved but by that point I'm sure everyone was looking at points well to the north of this part of Yankee Point.

-- Larry Odle

I rode my bike over to the airport to take pictures of the airship after seeing it fly over my house

In this photo the Airship is at Marina Municipal Airport in Marina, California. I rode my bike over to the airport to take pictures of the airship after seeing it fly over my house. Mount Toro and Salinas Mountains are in the background of this photo.

-- Jesse Burgess - Marina Resident

Saw you in Monterey right before Christmas

Saw you in Monterey right before Christmas. My photos are here:

http://flickr.com/photos/elkit/sets/72157612696858654/

You're welcome to download and re-post them; they're all under a Creative Commons license.

-- Elke Sisco

While Pet sitting in Ladera

My mother has always wanted to ride in a blimp since she was young. She points it out to me whenever she sees it. We got lucky one day while pet sitting in Ladera and we had a great view of it passing over Palo Alto. I captured it flying over Stanford University and in the picture you can see the Stanford Chapel at the bottom. This is a meaningful picture to me because my grandparents were married in that chapel and my mother loves blimps!

Stacy Matherne

Looks like "Gentle Giant" had a busy day

Treasure Island Sightings 1/4/2009

Looks like "Gentle Giant" had a busy day on a beautiful Sunday as we saw it floating around the Bay while strolling around in Treasure Island.

Ganesh Katte
Santa Clara

The zeppelin over downtown from twin peaks

saw the zeppelin over downtown from twin peaks. this picture is from sunday, jan 4. do i get a free ride for submitting this pic? :)

-- kiet thai

San Francisco flight as the sun was setting

Dec 29th, approx 5:15pm. I'd seen the ship on the 26th, but earlier in the day, this flight was as the sun was setting. The first shot, with the contrail was just as the ship was making its turn out by the Golden Gate Bridge. I got a couple shots with the contrail and this one came out best.

The 2nd shot was taken 3 minutes later, when the ship was just passing by Aquatic Park. I took about 20-25 shots this time, and I picked this one because it was the only picture where the anti-collision lights had strobed.

During test flights of your ship, D-LZNT...

I took these photos at the Zeppelin base at Friedrichshafen, Germany, on May 28, 2008, during test flights of your ship, D-LZNT. These are the colour schemes it was using for the test period. Thes colour schemes were later changed for flights in Holland and London, before it shipped to California. (I was very lucky to start my holidays near Friedrichshafen on the same day as the first test flight on May 21.)

-- Terry McManus

I've always loved rigid airships and would kill to see one of the Hindenburg class

I was running errands all over Pacific Grove and Monterey and every where I went I could see the airship in the distance but never near where I was. Finally, I got out of my car to go into a Longs and looked up and it was right over me. Naturally my camera was in the trunk of the car for the first time that day and by the time I could get set up I could only get a some shots of it going away. I eagerly await a reappearance as I've always loved rigid airships and would kill to see one of the Hindenburg class in a modern (safe)form...

-- Elery Oxford

ever wonder what it looks like from inside?

Not too many shots of it taking off so here's one.

And ever wonder what it looks like from inside? Here's one of those too.

-- Michael Farr

just saw your airship over watsonville, ca!

just saw your airship over watsonville, ca!

-- patrick zwanzig

Something unusual in the sky...

Was driving home after dropping my husband off at work. I could see something unusual in the sky, looked like it was above San Jose or so, I live in Santa Clara, it was traveling to the East of me. Pretty cool to see. Wish I would have had my digital camera with me.

-- Laura Grandstaff

Saw your magnificent airship waltzing with a blimp

Saw your magnificent airship waltzing with a blimp in the general directrion of Stanford at 12:20p on Wednesday, December 3rd.
Awesome!

-- ed sterbenc