No ordinary blimp!

Saw the airship flying over downtown Los Angeles on December 29th, 2010 at about 4:30 in the afternoon.

Realized immediately that this was no ordinary "blimp!"

Not a blimp at all, as it turns out!

This was something really "different!"

Spotted the tail propeller, but missed the side-mounted engines completely!

It appeared really, really long!

The gondola seemed to be quite far forward compared to ordinary "blimps!"

The ship disappeared behind a building and did not re-appear on the other side of the building. It must have turned to the north, and stayed hidden behind that building as it flew away.

-- Carl Hazen

Rainbow Airship

-- Reese Zecchin (Airship Ventures)

During the Morning Commute in LA

I had my second sighting of the Zeppelin NT in late October during my morning commute to LA. I was driving on the westbound 91 freeway near the 605 when I saw the elegant Zeppelin NT flying north, perpendicular to my car's path. My travels took me northbound behind the airship, which breezed past the heavy traffic. I snapped a photo with my phone

-- David Seiden

While Visiting Sunnyvale, California

We spotted the blimp on Tuesday, Nov. 30, while we were staying at the Wild Palms hotel in Sunnyvale, Calif for an uncle's funeral. I took a cell phone photo. When I got back home to St. Paul, Minn., I researched the blimp and discovered it's home is Sunnyvale and found this blog. Fun to see!

-- Greg Bury

Over our Heads on Halloween

The Eureka flew directly over our heads as my husband and I hiked on the Moffett Bay Trail as it came in for a landing at Moffett Field on Halloween afternoon. How many people can say they've had a zeppelin fly directly over their head?

-- Erica

Halloween in Burlingame

Halloween in our neighborhood is filled with decorated homes, made-up haunted houses, lighted houses, big spiders, ghosts, RIP signs, cob webs and cauldrons... On this Halloween, there was not a witch in the sky, but instead, the Farmers Airship Flying across the moon in the Halloween sky!

-- Marcus Jang

Santa Cruz Mountains

This is the second time the Farmers Airship has flown directly over my house, so close I could almost see the people in the cabin! It was around 12:15am Pacific, Sunday, Oct. 31st, I was standing on my driveway,just about to go inside, when it floated over the hillside like a vision! I live in the Santa Cruz Mountains and it is a rural area, so seeing the airship was just so exciting!

-- Christine Wood

Cambria, Over the Ocean

I saw her off Cambria around 1:00 pm over the ocean heading north thinking she will be in time for the World Series.

-- Mark Brunschwiler

Redding, California

August 13, 2010:

Saw it flying over the I-5 freeway  right outside of Redding, CA on our way up to Oregon for vacation. Took the picture through the front windshield as we were driving on the freeway.

-- Leslie Ulricksen

Farmville Sighting

Cool!

-- Marie Hesler

Paine Field Last Month

Seen at Paine Field last month.

-- Mark Kelly

Over Silicon Valley as seen from Ridge Winery

zeppelin over silicon valley as seen from ridge winery.

-- Matthew Seigel

Over UCLA in LA

On 7/31/10 at around 6:40 pm, I saw "Farmers" over the parking lot at UCLA in LA, and took some pictures when the airship was doing circling over UCLA.

-- Kyeong-Sik Shin

Back on Memorial Day, 2009

As a member of virtualtourist.com, camera is always in hand when looking for photos for my VT pages travel tips. On Memorial Day, May 25, 2009 at 12:45pm, I was standing on the top deck of the cruise ship Carnival Paradise while in the Port of Long Beach enjoying the sights of Long Beach, California before the ship sailed. I looked up and to my amazement was a wondrous sight, an actual Zeppelin flying overhead. I snapped the photo of the airship without even looking at the camera's settings, I was so excited. I got the photo. I also got the bug to one day take my wife on a flight from Long Beach. Each day is a day closer to that day.

-- Larry Kane/travelgourmet

Over Little League Game

Your peeps drove over my son's little league game. I happened to have a beefy camera/lens. I took a few shots; they mostly look like this.

-- Rick Thorp

Rogue Valley Medford Airport

Spotted the Eureka at Rogue Valley Medford International Airport at 2:00 pm on 09/10/2010

-- Jeff Blankenhorn

Floating Over Me on San Juan Island

As a lover of flight, it was wonderful to see that machine floating over me on San Juan Island today. I had just read about the ship in my AOPA mag and noticed that you could have stick time for X-amount of $$'s. What an experience!!!

-- john pettigrew

Eureka at Paine Field Aircraft Show

I was up in Seattle for the weekend, went to the antiquie aircraft show and got this shot of the Eureka with some planes in the foreground.

I hear them talking about your whale watching over the radio this morning, bravo zulu!

-- James Yarger

Near Mt. Shasta

We spotted the Eureka flying above Interstate 5 near Mt. Shasta, Ca. on August 14th 2010. The ship was a beautiful sight dressed out in it's Farmer's Insurance logo. The near-silent operation of the craft suited the magnificence of the mountain! We followed the ship north from our home in Mt. Shasta City through Weed, Ca. and past the Weed Airport. We last saw it heading northeast in the direction of the Oregon border. We had a lot of fun relaying our "sighting" to friends and family via calls and texts.

-- Denis Hentrich

Seen at Medford Airport

Zeppelin as seen earlier this month at the Medford Airport, in Medford, Oregon.

-- Thomas Morgan