Zeppelin NT Prototype Flies!
Thursday, 18 September 1997
The new
Zeppelin NT07
prototype completed its first flight today. The NT07 is the first rigid
airship to fly in over 50 years. The 45 minute flight was completed in
the late afternoon and took the ship from its construction site at the
Bahnhofhalle to its permanenent home at the Friedrichshaven
Airport. A new hangar that will hold two Zeppelins is currently under
construction there.