Airship Ventures is offering one hour sightseeing flights over San Francisco starting from Oakland airport. The passenger exchange is done in a less used area of the airport while the regular aircraft traffic continues unchanged.
The photos show the Zeppelin with the new advertisement for the Pixar animation movie "Up" which will be coming to theaters in the US end of May 2009. Since this movie also features an airship, Pixar had used the Zeppelin NT to record airship sounds for that airship.
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| 05-09 08:46 - Dual approach to Oakland airport. | 05-09 08:47 - Shortly before landing in Oakland. | 05-09 09:53 - Coming in for landing over the hangars. | 05-09 09:53 - Slowly coming down to the ground. |
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| 05-09 09:54 - Passengers and ground crew are already waiting. | 05-09 09:57 - Passengers are changing. | 05-09 09:59 - Back in the air for a sightseeing flight over San Francisco. | 05-09 10:00 - The aircraft hangars make for a nice change in blue sky photos. |
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| 05-09 10:00 - Good view on the new branding. | 05-09 11:02 - Crew chief view of the landing Zeppelin. | 05-09 11:03 - Passengers go to the airship in parties of two. | 05-09 11:03 - Almost done with the exchange. |
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| 05-09 11:04 - Detail view of the new branding. | 05-09 11:05 - Gondola view of "Eureka". | 05-09 11:08 - Getting ready for take off. | 05-09 11:08 - Lift off in the blue California sky. |
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| 05-09 11:08 - The Zeppelin flies directly over the previous passengers. | 05-09 11:09 - And then turns to head for San Francisco. | 05-09 12:00 - Zeppelin crew rest area. | 05-09 12:04 - No, the Zeppelin is not going to be catched with the air sock. |
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| 05-09 12:05 - Slow descent for landing. | 05-09 12:05 - Only a few feet left to the ground. | 05-09 12:06 - End of a nice flight over San Francisco. |
