Docking at McClellan Field

I saw the airship as it was docking at McClellan Park in North Highlands, CA

-- Bob Monahan

Outside My Office Window in Natoma Area of Sacramento

Outside my office window in Natomas area of Sacramento. Right near the I-5 and I-80 connection.

-- Micah Rousey

Two Modes of Flight

Didn't realize I had a bird in my frame...two modes of flight!  Over Elk Grove, CA

-- Judy Cantu

Over the South End of Elk Grove

We first saw the airship over the south end of Elk Grove from our home at 2:50 pm PDT.  Followed it over the fields at it flew northward.  Very cool!


-- Judi Marcantu

McClellan Park

I work at McClellan Park, and the Zeppelin flew right over my building! I've been tracking it all day to be able to go outside in time to see it :)

-- Jessica Shevlin

That was the most fun I have had today!

Just went overhead! came from 99 and crossed right over our building (3rd and S) and the river then went upriver towards McClellan.

Unfortunately, I ran down and saw it as it would not have passed my window. a co-worker came down just then so I borrowed his cell and called up but my other coworker didn't answer. so I ran up to get people and ran down ( I mean ran the whole way) and by the time we were on the street it had turned and was heading north. I saw it coming and I saw it going. would have been cool to have been right under it when it turned but… anyway. that was the most fun I have had today!

-- Janet Myles

The blimp went right over our house at 2:50pm April 13, 2010
Shasta Lily DR Elk Grove, CA

-- Diane Reis

West of Mather Field, Rancho Cordova, CA

-- T. Gentry

Airship and KCRA Helicopter

Sent to us by KCRA from a viewer! Very cool shot.

NAC Operating from Harumi

Our friend in Japan, JK Chan sends us these pictures of the airship in Tokyo, operating from Harumi.

(A peep into the future through cherry blossom)

('luftschiff hoch!)

(Landing at Night)

(Facing Rainbow Bridge)

(After a days work... bedtime amidst skyscrapers)

One world, One Zeppelin

Yes, I saw it. In Japan, though. I didn't know at that time that US counterpart is also engaging in the enterprise.

Looking up at the Zeppelin NT, I feel that we are living under the same sky. Hooray for the Zeppelin NT!

-- Naohiro Kumamoto

Keenan, Airship Fan and Zeppelin Boy!

Our 3 year old son, Keenan, is a huge airship fanatic. So when we heard the Eureka was going to be down at Long Beach, there was only one thing to do - go on a Zeppelin hunt!

Here's the successful, stalwart hunter with the mighty airship sleeping in the distance.

Thank you Airship Ventures!

-- Robin and Keenan Walsh

On February 20, I spent the afternoon watching the Eureka fly overhead. I'm glad I was able to catch it before its annual maintenance.

-- Carlos Ortiz

Hollywood Beach, outside Oxnard, CA

We live on beautiful Hollywood Beach, outside Oxnard, CA. This morning we looked out over the ocean and saw this graceful majestic blimp slowly hugging the coast line. My husband and I flew to our sun porch to get a better look. My husband reached for his binocculars and read the name on the blimp. The weather was perfect: calm air, clear skies. The view from the blimp must have been spectacular! I promised my husband that I would google airshipventure.com to find out all about this. What a great idea!

-- Vera Cline

I found out track the ship from facebook and realize it's behind my backyard!!!, grab my camera and start to following around by driving for 2 hours and taking multiple shots over San Pedro / Long Beach / Signal Hills and finally at Long Beach Airport!

-- Andrew Kim

Love Heart Spotted from Signal Hill

On a Sunday outing for my aging mother I took her over to Long Beach where she used to teach school. Seeing the airship cross our path as we approached the Long Beach circle, I chose to go to the top of Signal Hill just beyond it to see if I could get a few pictures.

-- Paul Gracey

Fortunate enough to catch a glimpse

Farmers Airship Contest Winner!!

I was fortunate enough to catch a glimpse of the Zeppelin while it was here in San Diego for the Farmers Golf Tournament. Here are a few shots of it as it hung overhead.

-- Orlando Guiang

Air to Air from a San Diego Blogger

Farmers Airship Contest Winner!!

I am a local amateur photo blogger, and I am currently working on a project I call the "Aerial San Diego Project." The pilot that I fly with told me about the Zeppelin NT coming to San Diego, so right away we knew we had to get up there and see if we could find it! The location at Torrey Pines made for a great backdrop, and we were able to record lots of great shots as we circled overhead.

Thanks for visiting us in San Diego!

-- Steve Cherry

She hovered for a few minutes admiring the Hotel del Coronado

Just went out to the beach tonight to get some pictures of the sunset.Imagine my suprise when the zeppelin came into view.  She flew down the beach and then hovered for a few minutes admiring the Hotel del Coronado.

-- Ron

Welcome Farmers NT to San Diego!

About 9pm on Jan 29 evening, 2010 I was watching TV in my living room. And AS I looked down on my glass coffee table I saw what looked like a reflection of an airplane coming straight toward my house. Well thats what I thought. I said Oh my God because there was no noise. I thought it was a plane crashing with engines failed as I am in Mission Bay, San Diego where the planes turn to  route around Lindberg field. I ran outside and found that it was a Zepplelin heading South toward downtown. It was very close and looked alot like a Zepplelin NT I flew in Germany May 2008. So I watched it and again heard no noise and only saw the running lights. I was filled with happiness, one it was not a plane crashing, two it was probably the NT from San Francisco visiting San Diego. Three I was imagining how beautiful a flight over San Diego at night or daytime would be. 

Welcome Farmers NT to San Diego!

-- Glenn Gentile

San Clemente

San Clemente Ca on the coast 10:10am
Logo looks good. Should be good for biz!

-- Phil Newton

KCOY Said to Do It!

Farmers Airship Contest Winner!!

Our local news station KCOY said to get a picture of the Zeppelin over the Central coast for a chance to win a ride. We we watched the skies all day finally saw it over Pismo Beach around 4-5pm today. All we had was our phone camera but here it is.

It was neat to see. Hope to go for a ride.

-- DEANNA RUSSELL

Flying over Pismo Beach

Farmers Airship Contest Winner!

These photos were taken over rural Arroyo Grande, Ca.

Took photos as blimp was heading south. My wife and I tracked the blimp from up North down the coast to Pismo Beach area. Glad we got a look at it as we are both retired and seniors. It is great to see it from a distance... So thanks for the thrill of seeing it fly over...

-- Ed & Alice Brown Arroyo Grande, Calif

Seen from Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook

Below is a photo I took of an airship (I think it's one of yours) returning south at sunset after doing a circuit of Los Angeles. This photo was taken from the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook, a fine spot for airship watching.

-- George Chialtas

-- danny g

The airship flys over me almost everyday when I am at work.  I will start taking pictures of the airship to share.  The airship was flying over San Pedro by the coast.  This would be a great present for my 6 year old son for his birthday.

-- Marianne Pespisa

Over the Belmont Heights section of Long Beach

Just saw it 15 minutes ago over the Belmont Heights section of Long Beach. I live in the 200 block of Mira Mar Avenue. About 2 months ago your airship passed directly over our block of Mira Mar Avenue but I didn't have my camera at hand. I estimate that your were over Loma or Euclid when I took this shot.

-- Barry Jackson

She started hopping up and down!

I saw your airship approaching out of the sunset toward the Annenberg Community Beach House on January 6, 2010. I was walking along the beach walk and there was a family with three small children playing in the playground area. The father pointed out the airship and the two older boys saw it right away and shouted BLIMP! The third child, a little girl about two years old, took a little longer to spot you. But if I would have had my camera with me, that would have been the best shot of the day. Her face totally lit up and she started hopping up and down. She didn't take her eyes off of the airship until it was completely out of sight.

It was a nice moment and you couldn't have picked a more beautiful, picturesque day to fly over. I have learned my lesson. I will never leave my camera in the office again and now I know what to ask for on my upcoming birthday. I have always wanted to fly in a zeppelin and didn't know that it was even a possibility. I am excited to find out that it was.

Heath Hamilton

(we look forward to flying you! Ed.)

Taken from the Golden Gate Bridge

From the Golden Gate Bridge...

-- David Knight

Soaring over Fisherman's Wharf

Enjoyed watching Eureka soar above the bay while we toured Fisherman's Wharf in S.F. yesterday (Saturday 12/19 12:56pm).

-- James Carleton

Seen on Thanksgiving

Seen on Thanksgiving...

-- Sara

I love to see my friendly neighborhood blimp passing by

My boyfriend and I live at the top of a big hill in San Carlos. We have a wonderful view of the entire south bay area from our porch. The week we moved in was the first time I saw the blimp, and now I see it almost every day. It makes me giggle to watch it just float around the area, I always get a smile on my face when I go to my porch and see it passing by. =)
We saw it flying low above us as we were driving down El Camino Real last weekend, and that was the first time I noticed the AirshipVentures.com lettering on the side. The sighting and tracking portion of the site is so cute! Great feature.
Keep flying high, I love to see my friendly neighborhood blimp passing by =D (I always secretly hope it will do a fly by in the valley below our porch haha =D .

-- Sara

It's awesome to see an airship around here!

I think we saw you over the San Francisco Bay around lunchtime on Sunday... See my blog at:

http://manfromwales.net/blog/2009_17.html

It's awesome to see an airship around here - good luck to you!!

-- Michael Thomas

At Los Altos for the Parade

My group was assembling at the Los Altos Post Office on November 30, 2009 for the Festival of Lights parade, when we caught sight of the Eureka!

Sadly, it veered off and sailed away from us.

-- Bob Felice

The second sighting in the past few days over Santa Cruz

The second sighting in the past few days over Santa Cruz.

-- Kyle Graff

Two 'fer

OK -- time for one of my own!

I took this from the gangway to the Queen Mary earlier this evening. We just happened to be heading out to catch a cab, and there they were (look closely) -- both the Eureka and Goodyear Blimp.

-- Brian Hall

From my balcony on Signal Hill

I live in Signal Hill and saw you guys from my balcony!

-- Marie

Saw her over Santa Monica Airport

Over Santa Monica Airport, coming in from the north east.

About 11:15am Nov 22, 2009

-- Brian Hart

A great rainbow polka-dotted outfit

I took this digital photo at the Vertical Challenge Helicopter Air Show, at the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, Calif., on June 20, 2009. I saw this little girl in a great rainbow polka-dotted outfit sitting atop her dad's shoulders and I knew I had to get a shot of her with something unique in the air. Airship Ventures' airship with the rainbow balloon-decorated "Up!" logo was that perfect "something." What a nice, fortuitous pairing. The only thing marring the airship, on its right, in my photo was the big, gray dust spot on my camera lens -- but I think it can be "Photoshopped" out of the image. Thank you for piloting your airship out there for us all to view and enjoy at the show.

-- Tannie Soo Hoo

I saw Eureka right in front of me, hovering over the campus lawn.

Though I have seen your airship many times, I was gifted on Thursday, 11/12/09 when I walked out of the administrative building at SLAC National Accelerator Lab (about 3:45 p.m.) and saw Eureka right in front of me, hovering over the campus lawn. I watched (and waved) until the pilot deftly turned it toward Stanford and then rapidly headed home to Moffett.

I grew up in this area in the 50's and love having a "blimp" (I know, airship) in the skies once again. The excitement has not diminished.

Sorry - no photos - I regrettably didn't even have my phone/camera!

-- Janice Dabney

The Eureka? Or a UFO?

John Hibble asks "Have you done any stationary night flights. I have seen rapidly pulsating red, blue green and white lights over Santa Cruz on 8/29, 9/3, 9/4, 9/23, 10/23, 10/30, 10/31, and 11/2."

Very curious, but no, we have not!

Every day we play the game, "Is the blimp in its spot?"

I drive up and down the 101 from San Jose to Palo Alto twice a day on the way to work/school, with my kids. One of the highlights of the trip is passing by Moffett Field and sighting the blimp. Every day we play the game, "Is the blimp in its spot?" My 3-year old son, Shai, gets so excited when he sees the blimp near the hangar. It really brings a smile to his face! And an even bigger smile when we spot it in the air!

-- Maureen Krantz

High Above San Francisco

I was taking pictures of Victorian houses at the end of October when I saw the Eureka flying high above the city. Naturally, I turned my camera toward the airship and took a few photographs.

-- Carlos Ortiz

Pulling Away from Pier 41 on the Ferry

Pulling Away from Pier 41 in San Francisco on the Oakland Alameda Ferry. It was a beautiful November day on the bay with a beautiful view and Airship Ventures added to the magic.

-- Heather Jackson