Comments on: Fanciful zeppelins and trains http://boingboing.net/2011/01/31/fanciful-zeppelins-a.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 13:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: _Username http://boingboing.net/2011/01/31/fanciful-zeppelins-a.html#comment-1012517 _Username Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1012517 Looks a bit top heavy to me, but very cool looking anyway. Looks a bit top heavy to me, but very cool looking anyway.

]]> By: YarbroughFair http://boingboing.net/2011/01/31/fanciful-zeppelins-a.html#comment-1012778 YarbroughFair Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1012778 @_username: This flew and its real. The Russian Kalinin Transporter/Bomber. Yes,it was actually a flying aircraft carrier. http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/models/aircraft/Kalinin-K7.html @_username: This flew and its real. The Russian Kalinin Transporter/Bomber. Yes,it was actually a flying aircraft carrier.

http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/models/aircraft/Kalinin-K7.html

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/31/fanciful-zeppelins-a.html#comment-1012819 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1012819 Very awesome, thank you Cory Doctorow for featuring my fathers drawings. Very awesome, thank you Cory Doctorow for featuring my fathers drawings.

]]> By: Ministry http://boingboing.net/2011/01/31/fanciful-zeppelins-a.html#comment-1013091 Ministry Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1013091 Excellent! Though <em>'emphasis on zeppelins'</em> translates as <em>'no zeppelins whatsoever'</em>. ;) Excellent!

Though ‘emphasis on zeppelins’ translates as ‘no zeppelins whatsoever’. ;)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/31/fanciful-zeppelins-a.html#comment-1012843 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1012843 way to go Ginger, your on the interwebs. Hope you get lots of interest in your dad's work and yours. Congrats from some Cherneys. way to go Ginger, your on the interwebs. Hope you get lots of interest in your dad’s work and yours. Congrats from some Cherneys.

]]> By: Unmutual http://boingboing.net/2011/01/31/fanciful-zeppelins-a.html#comment-1012358 Unmutual Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1012358 Are any of these zepplins Filliam H. Muffman approved? Are any of these zepplins Filliam H. Muffman approved?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/31/fanciful-zeppelins-a.html#comment-1012369 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1012369 they appear to be submarines, not zeppelins they appear to be submarines, not zeppelins

]]> By: YarbroughFair http://boingboing.net/2011/01/31/fanciful-zeppelins-a.html#comment-1012394 YarbroughFair Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1012394 Howl's Moving Castle and Star Blazers. Yeah! http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/castle/ http://www.starblazers.com/gallery.php?page_id=6 Howl’s Moving Castle and Star Blazers. Yeah!

http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/castle/

http://www.starblazers.com/gallery.php?page_id=6

]]> By: oheso http://boingboing.net/2011/01/31/fanciful-zeppelins-a.html#comment-1012908 oheso Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1012908 Want! (Can't believe I'm the first to say that.) Want!

(Can’t believe I’m the first to say that.)

]]> By: MrJM http://boingboing.net/2011/01/31/fanciful-zeppelins-a.html#comment-1012442 MrJM Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1012442 It's the second decade of the third millennium and there are people who still believe in zeppelins? It’s the second decade of the third millennium and there are people who still believe in zeppelins?

]]> By: Ugly Canuck http://boingboing.net/2011/01/31/fanciful-zeppelins-a.html#comment-1012454 Ugly Canuck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1012454 I have seen blimps with my own eyes, so it is not too much of a stretch for me to accept the possible existence of zeppelins. I have seen blimps with my own eyes, so it is not too much of a stretch for me to accept the possible existence of zeppelins.

]]> By: tw15 http://boingboing.net/2011/01/31/fanciful-zeppelins-a.html#comment-1012479 tw15 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1012479 Slightly off-topic, but there's a €10 million made-for-TV film on German TV next weekend - a drama on the Zeppelin LZ 129 Hindenburg disaster of 1937. http://www.rtl.de/cms/unterhaltung/hindenburg.html Trailer - http://www.youmake.tv/video?id=17482 According to RTL, "It deliberately doesn't focus on the disaster, in order to reflect the population’s fascination with technology in general and the budding field of air travel in particular, as well as to create positive associations with the topic" I've no idea if it will be shown outside of Germany. Slightly off-topic, but there’s a €10 million made-for-TV film on German TV next weekend – a drama on the Zeppelin LZ 129 Hindenburg disaster of 1937.

http://www.rtl.de/cms/unterhaltung/hindenburg.html
Trailer – http://www.youmake.tv/video?id=17482

According to RTL, “It deliberately doesn’t focus on the disaster, in order to reflect the population’s fascination with technology in general and the budding field of air travel in particular, as well as to create positive associations with the topic”

I’ve no idea if it will be shown outside of Germany.

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