Morro Bay Sighting

Farmers Insurance Company Blimp Airship farmersairship.com as seen while it was heading down the Central California Coastline toward and over Morro Rock, Morro Bay, CA 09 April 2011 2:44:36.58-07:00 .
Photo © 2011 “Mike” Michael L. Baird, mike {at] mikebaird d o t com, flickr.bairdphotos.com, Canon EOS 5D Mark II 21.1MP Full Frame CMOS Digital SLR Camera with Canon 600mm f/4 telephoto lens, with a Circular Polarizer (when used the water appears darker), on a massive Gitzo tripod with gimbal and leveling head.

Please take a moment to view the original, the level of detail is astounding!

Pacific Grove

We saw it from Pacific Grove's annual Good Old Days festival.
What a special extra treat during an already fun morning! - Stephanie Zunich

From April 2009

From the vault...

Two pictures taken back in April 2009.

-- Brian Leadingham

Seen from Alcatraz

We were in San Francisco on vacation from Wisconsin. While touring Alcatraz, we went into the yard and thats when we saw the Zeppelin. I originally took the picture for my Farmers Insurance agent, then I was reading an article on yahoo about your Zeppelin and decided to check out your web site.

-- Jason Plein

Airship cruising over San Francisco on Sunday, 02.28

-- Phil McGrew

Air and Space Magazine

I am sure you already know - latest Air & Space Magazine (March 2011) features Eureka!

Link to online version:

http://www.airspacemag.com/flight-today/Z2.html

-- Ganesh

Walking the dog in Alamo Square

Every day I walk my dog in Alamo Square in San Francisco. We leave between 3:45 and 4:00PM every afternoon. As we are walking down towards the famous "Seven Sisters", I can see the Farmers Airship flying over the Oakland area or directly over the bay. Today, as I was taking off my shoes, I looked out my window and saw it flying just above the tree line in Alamo Square itself.

-- Phoenix

Over San Francisco

I caught this image of your Zepplin over San Francisco this afternoon.

-- Brian Leadingham

Moffett Field

-- Michael Cierpka

Moffett Field

... today at Moffett

-- Michael Cierpka

Piedras Blancas Light Station

Saw you coming this time- heading north at 2 pm. Took this photo of you passing by Piedras Blancas Light Station. We were waving when you went by the house, but couldn't tell if you saw us.

-- Holly Gant

Los Gatos Mountains

FYI you are flying over my house right now :-) below the summit.

-- Peter O'Malley

Santa Barbara

You flew right past my door but did not stop for coffee!

Attached picture over Santa Barbara City College February 3 2011.

-- Julian Nott

Hovering over Downtown Los Angeles. 2/1/2011

It was great to walk outside and see Eureka hovering over my place of work. Luckily I had my camera and the right lens to capture it.

-- Glen Tagami

Sunken Gardens Golf Course

I think you were testing the airship a few days back over Sunken Gardens Golf Course. I noticed the airship and waved to you guys a couple of times from the #2 tee box :) Then you followed us down the fairway. It felt very strange to have the airship right above our heads! But it was fun!!!!

-- Carol Ovelman

Over San Francisco Bay

Here are some pics of Farmers Airship over San Francisco Bay on Sat. Jan. 15 as we saw it on our way to point Bonita and Sausalito.

-- Fabian and Josef Hueber

On the mast at Brown Field Municipal Airport, Otay Mesa (San Diego), early Sunday afternoon, 23 January 2011

-- J.A. Kirn

Cambrian Tweet

The Cambrian Newspaper tweeted that the airship would fly over Cambria about 1:30 p.m. So I took my camera with me on my dog walk and snapped the pics of the airship over Moonstone Beach Drive.

-- Catherine Hyde

Piedras Blancas Light Station

My husband and I live in a very remote area just north of the Piedras Blancas Light Station. We're lucky to be the only house right on the ocean. We've seen you fly over 4 or 5 times, but we haven't been able to get a photo. You always sneak up on us! ;) Today (1/20/11) you went over at about 1:15 pm...we were outside watching the missle launch from Vandenburg. We love watching you float over our house! I'll try to run out and wave next time.

-- Holly Gant

San Francisco Sunset

Amazing San Francisco sunset on 01-17 but the ship turned east just prior to the shot of the year. You can still see the reflection of the sunset on the periphery

-- Phil McGrew

Next Exit, Zeppelin!

matthew was driving (& exiting there) last fri afternoon (7 jan), when we saw her. i must have shot almost a dozen from my iphone as i couldn't tell if i got her @all!

-- maria inocencio

Over our Koi Pond

The Farmers airship often flys over our house, I'd say about 4 or 6 times a year. I think we must be on the flight path to Moffet Field. Today it was over the northeast side of our yard near our koi pond. It was so low I waved just for fun, and I swear it slowed down a little. Maybe they saw me, lol! Next time I'll try to get a picture. Anyway, after a minute they sped up and were quickly off towards the northwest direction. Happy Flying!!

-- Barbara Jackson

Blimp over San Francisco at sunset on 11.18.10 As a pilot and photographer, I can't wait to get up in the air with you guys!

-- Phil McGrew

New Years Day Sighting

New Year's Day at 8:15 a.m., my husband scanned the skies from our living room window, much more interested in seeing the zeppelin and the blimp than watching what they were televising on the screen.

-- Jane Humphrey

Sailing on a Windless Afternoon

Sailing (actually motoring) between Tiburon and Angel Island on a wind-less afternoon, we spotted Eureka overhead, and I snapped this with my cell phone camera!


-- Eric Edney

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

Saw it this afternoon at around 2 p.m heading south across Lake Union just north of Seattle.

-- LA Smith

Boeing Future of Flight at Paine Field

Boeing Future of Flight at Paine Field.

-- Al Smith

Graceful and Silent

I work on the 5th floor of the VA Hospital and glancing out my window today saw what I thought was a blimp! I found the details by searching on the web. It was really neat to watch it go out over the water and head north to Paine Field. It was moving right along, but still was graceful and silent. I was at my desk at the perfect time! Sorry I do not have any photos!

-- Alice Victoria

Coming up the Columbia River

Got a call from a neighbor who lives a couple miles to the south of us saying that there was a blimp coming down the Columbia River. Got my camera out and took the attached pictures.

-- Tom Frink

Arrival at Medford (Aug 15)

Arrival of Eureka at Medford Airport on Sunday, August 15th.

-- Ben Mandus

Nike Campus in Beaverton

After hearing about a blimp cruising around Oregon this week, I was happy to see it floating directly above the Nike Campus in Beaverton around 11am today (August 18). Very cool!

-- Michelle

Followed the Airship from Medford to Salem

On Monday August 16th I had the pleasure to follow the Airship from Medford to Salem. What a great sight to see!! It was a great day for a drive and Im sure an even better day to be in the air.

-- Chris Cohoon

Mt. Sexton Pass

Saw the airship at the Medford Airport on Sunday, Aug.15th, then on Tuesday morning, Aug. 17th it flew over our house. We live about 10 miles north of Grants Pass...that's about 45 miles north of Medford. The airship was just passing over the Mt. Sexton Pass on the I-5. What a sight!

-- Linda and Richard Colton

HDR Photos Taken at Medford Airport

Medford National Airport shot on Sunday 8-15-2010

Shot with a Canon EOS 7D camera 18Mp and a Canon 24-70mm L PRO series lens.

Some of the pics are HDR style (High Dynamic Range) and other are very clean shots.

-- Luis Ruth of Shuttertime 1 Photography.

Overlooking our back pasture I sighted the Zeppelin Eureka heading toward the Lower Table Rock with the Coastal Range Mtns. as the background. It was close to 10:30 a.m on August 14th. Very cool and an awesome change of pace for the Southern Oregon Region. Do not have pictures. :(

-- Melanie Kwiatkowski

Floating above Medford

We were outside at our house (Sam's Valley)and we could see it floating above Medford. It was about 11:20 a.m. August 14. It certainly is huge!!!

-- Evie

Really Cool in the Pre-Dawn Light

I had a great ride on Thursday, and then got the chance to see you leave at dawn this morning. Coming into work just before six am. It was really cool with all of the red beacons lit up in the pre-dawn light.

-- Kelly

Great View from the Airport Restaurant

My husband took me to lunch at Peter Chu's Two at the Redding Airport just so we could see this wonderful zeppelin. This picture was taken from our table in the restaurant.

-- Shirley Straub

Redding Sports

She flew right past the sign at Redding Sports Ltd when I arrived at work this morning.

-- Bonita Mahan

Redding Rogue Balloon?

Sitting at my desk. Approx 2:45pm on Aug. 12th here in Redding. I noticed when one of the employees walked up to the window and asked if it was a real blimp? We said no, "It was a rogue balloon from the Macy's day parade"....

-- Mike Carey

Thanks for the 360!

I want to thank the pilot who just flew over my neighborhood in Menlo Park and did a 360 while my 4yo son waved frantically. That made our day! Very special pilot indeed.

-- Deanna Lin

Over the Farmers Classic

Airship at 1500' over Farmers Classic for doubles trophy presentation.

-- Joanne