Learn to fly a Zeppelin NT airship. ByMatthew Stibbe, Subscriber. I write about private jets and the airline industry. Follow Author. Apr 04, 2011, 06:11am EDT Aug 09, 2011, 04:30pm EDT.

One Zeppelin NT uses about 290,000 cubic feet of helium, a fraction of the two billion cubic feet or so produced every year, and they don't vent the helium and deflate the airship after flights.

In at least a couple of respects ZF is pretty unique.About 94% of the company’s shares are controlled by the Zeppelin Foundation, a legacy of the airship inventor that’s overseen today by the ...

The Zeppelin name is returning to lighter-than-air transport with two new dirigibles designed for the 21st Century. The company founded by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin did not disappear after the ...

The so-called Zeppelin NT is 53 feet longer than the old-school blimp, can max out at 73 mph compared with 50 mph and is 37 percent quieter. It moves as dextrously as a helicopter, taking off and ...

With more than 40 pieces of equipment brought in from Max Maag’s concern, ZF began producing the cog components and transmissions needed for Zeppelin’s diesel-powered airships.

Le Bourget Deutsche Zeppelinreederei, the first operator for the Zeppelin NT, is expected to receive its operating certificate for the airship in July. The company plans to start revenue flights ...

1891 – Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin resigns from the German army in order to build airships . 1915 – Von Zeppelin sets up ZF Group to make gears for airships, which later moves into the car market.

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- In 2008, Schaeffler AG, a family-owned German auto parts supplier, made an offer to buy the shares of its listed rival Continental AG. It almost collapsed under the debt it ...