One week after the christening of the first Zeppelin an "Open Day" was conducted at Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik GmbH on July 8th, 2000. This was the first possibility for the general public to take a look at the production of a modern airship. Due to the bad weather no flight presentation were done and we could only watch the different construction elements in the hangar which by itself was already very interesting.
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| NT prototype & S/N 02 envelope in hangar | Avionics cable tree being prepared for S/N 02 | ||
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| Girders in aluminum and carbon fibre technology | Tail unit and rudder being built with composite materials, the tail unit weighs less than 100 kg, the rudder less than 10 kg | Helium and ballonet valve | Lycoming engine and gearbox for side engines |
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| Side propeller | Envelope of S/N 02 inflated with air | Gondola for S/N 02 | Tail landing gear |
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| Valves and fan for ballonet pressure maintenance | |||
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