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S1 BONUS - Interview with Toby Page of Skyship Services
It was great to interview Toby Page, Managing Director of Skyship Services Inc, operator of the largest lighter-than-air fleet in the world. Toby and I met 25 years ago when I boarded one of his…
S1E10 Episode 10 - Airships on the Eve of War
As political tensions escalated across Europe in the years leading up to the First World War, the major powers engaged in an aerial arms race to develop their airships into war-winning weapons.…
S1E9 Episode 9 - The World's First Airline
In 1909, the Zeppelin Company made history by founding the world's first airline, DELAG. But it was not smooth sailing; DELAG lost their first airships in a series of high-profile, humiliating…
S1 BONUS - Movie Recap & Review: The Hindenburg (1975)
"Remember - there are 7,000,000 cubic feet of hydrogen at the end of a fishing pole!" A slightly different bonus episode today - my film nerd husband and I recap the plot of the 1975 disaster movie…
S1E8 Episode 8 - The Flying Dentist and Other Stories
In the years before the First World War, people from nations around the world worked to fill the sky with airships. In this episode, we take a look at developments in the United States and the United…
S1 BONUS - Discussion with Straightline Aviation
Delighted to share a very special bonus episode - a discussion with the senior management team of Straightline Aviation, one of the leading British airship companies. Straightline Aviation was formed…
S1E7 Episode 7 - Zeppelin: Phoenix from the Ashes
The road to success was not a smooth one for Count von Zeppelin. This episode tells the story of his repeated attempts to put the Zeppelin enterprise on a firm foundation, to safeguard the future for…
S1E6 Episode 6 - Count von Zeppelin: The Man, His Times and His Vision
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin was a titan of the airship world - of aviation in general, in fact. The inventor of the rigid airship, he founded a company which manufacturers airships to this day and…
S1 BONUS - Interview with Max Pinucci of OceanSky Cruises
I was delighted to welcome Max Pinucci to the podcast. Max is a designer, pilot, author and teacher. Among many other roles, he is the Cofounder and Head of Design at OceanSky Cruises, an exciting…
S1E5 Episode 5 - Alberto-Santos Dumont Part 2: Through Heavens Hitherto Unsailed
In the second part of our Alberto Santos-Dumont double-bill, we follow his career as his fame skyrockets and he becomes one of the most celebrated figures in the world. Embittered by the…
S1E4 Episode 4 - Alberto Santos-Dumont Part 1: Man Flies
Aviation history is full of outsize characters. But few are as colourful or as interesting as Brazilian pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont. Born to a wealthy coffee planting family, young Alberto dreamed…
S1 BONUS - Interview with Thibault Proux of Flying Whales
It was great to interview Thibault Proux from Flying Whales, one of the companies making the biggest strides towards bringing large airships back to our skies. Flying Whales are developing what will…
S1E3 Episode 3 - Taking to the Skies
Observing the first manned balloon flight, Benjamin Franklin believed that the balloon would be such a potent weapon that it would bring about an end to war. If only that had been the case. Balloons…
S1E2 Episode 2 - The Dream of Flight
"Nothing will ever equal that moment of joyous excitement which filled my whole being when I felt myself flying away from the earth. It was not mere pleasure, it was perfect bliss. Having escaped…
S1E1 Episode 1 - Airships: The Once and Future Kings
'Out of the softening sunset came the airship; and the manner of its moving was beautiful. Few inanimate objects attain beauty in the pursuance of their courses, and yet, to me, at least, the flight…
Trailer: Up Ship! The Airship History Podcast
Welcome to Up Ship! The Airship History Podcast. I'm Nick Rogers and I will be your captain on this long-haul flight through the fascinating history of the most awe-inspiring and ethereal aircraft…
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