http://www.thestandard.com/node/106275/comments comments feed. en Look, up in the sky: Zeppelin company Airship Ventures raises $8M http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/05/09/look-sky-zeppelin-company-airship-ventures-raises-8m <p><a href="http://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/zeppelin.gif"><img src="http://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/zeppelin.gif" ilo-full-src="http://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/zeppelin.gif" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-92220" title="zeppelin" height="200" width="320" /></a>This fall, if our <a title="San Francisco Bay Area" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/San+Francisco+Bay+Area" >San Francisco Bay Area</a> readers spot a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeppelin">zeppelin</a> overhead, don’t worry — you haven’t been caught in a time warp. It will just mean that a startup called <a href="http://www.airshipventures.com">Airship Ventures</a> has succeeded in bringing the zeppelin (an icon of 1930s aviation) back to the <a title="United States" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/United+States" >United States</a>. The company <a href="http://www.airshipventures.com/pr_08_05_07.html">just raised $8 million in a first round of funding</a>.</p> <p>Specifically, <a title="Airship Ventures" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/Airship+Ventures" >Airship Ventures</a> plans to offer zeppelin rides out of Moffett Field. If the company follows through on its plans, it will bring the first zeppelin to Moffett Field <a href="http://www.airshipventures.com/pr_08_02_13.html">since 1947</a>. In a few months, Airship will operate a single Zeppelin NT based in Moffett’s Hangar 2, which was built by the Navy to house zeppelins in 1942.</p> <p>The funding will allow Airship to actually complete the purchase of its first vehicle. Apparently, at 246 feet in length, the Zeppelin NT will be 50 feet longer than the largest blimp, and will hold up to 12 passengers. Similar airships are already operating safely in <a title="Japan" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/Japan" >Japan</a> and <a title="Germany" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/Germany" >Germany</a>, the company says.</p> <p>Airship will offer its rides for “flightseeing” tours (yes, that’s what they call them), as well as media and science operations. Apparently, <a href="http://www.paloaltodailynews.com/article/2007-11-11-zeppelin">flights will be available for between $250 and $500</a>, around the same price as a ride in a hot balloon.</p> <p>The funding comes from six individuals, including noted tech commentator <a title="Esther Dyson" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/Esther+Dyson" >Esther Dyson</a>. On her blog, Dyson <a href="http://www.edventure.com/flightschool/blog/?p=5">praised the company</a> a year ago as “an absolutely fantastic idea, both in the positive sense and as in ‘pure fantasy’.”</p> <p>Airship is led by the wife-and-husband team of Alexandra and <a title="Brian Hall" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/Brian+Hall" >Brian Hall</a>. <a title="Alexandra Hall" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/Alexandra+Hall" >Alexandra Hall</a> was previously the head of the <a href="http://www.chabotspace.org">Chabot Space and Science Center</a> in <a title="Oakland" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/Oakland" >Oakland</a>, <a title="California" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/California" >Calif.</a></p> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>Opinion: <b><a href="/news/2008/03/27/opinion-10-net-services-will-succeed-and-10-will-probably-fail">10 'Net services that will succeed (and 10 that will probably fail)</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="/news/2008/04/24/video-comments-foolish-or-future">Video comments: Foolish or the future?</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="/news/2008/04/22/sonys-ps3-home-timeline-goes-bad-worse">Sony's PS3 Home timeline goes from bad to worse</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="/news/2008/03/30/twitter-fanatical-users-help-build-brand-not-revenue">Twitter: Fanatical users help build the brand, but not revenue</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/05/09/look-sky-zeppelin-company-airship-ventures-raises-8m#comments Business & Finance Business and Technology co:Airship Ventures people:Alexandra Hall people:Esther-Dyson Breaking News Fri, 09 May 2008 17:47:48 -0700 Venture Beat635894 106275 at http://www.thestandard.com Look, up in the sky: Zeppelin company Airship Ventures raises $8M http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/05/09/look-sky-zeppelin-company-airship-ventures-raises-8m <p><a href="http://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/zeppelin.gif"><img src="http://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/zeppelin.gif" ilo-full-src="http://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/zeppelin.gif" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-92220" title="zeppelin" height="200" width="320" /></a>This fall, if our <a title="San Francisco Bay Area" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/San+Francisco+Bay+Area" >San Francisco Bay Area</a> readers spot a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeppelin">zeppelin</a> overhead, don’t worry — you haven’t been caught in a time warp. It will just mean that a startup called <a href="http://www.airshipventures.com">Airship Ventures</a> has succeeded in bringing the zeppelin (an icon of 1930s aviation) back to the <a title="United States" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/United+States" >United States</a>. The company <a href="http://www.airshipventures.com/pr_08_05_07.html">just raised $8 million in a first round of funding</a>.</p> <p>Specifically, <a title="Airship Ventures" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/Airship+Ventures" >Airship Ventures</a> plans to offer zeppelin rides out of Moffett Field. If the company follows through on its plans, it will bring the first zeppelin to Moffett Field <a href="http://www.airshipventures.com/pr_08_02_13.html">since 1947</a>. In a few months, Airship will operate a single Zeppelin NT based in Moffett’s Hangar 2, which was built by the Navy to house zeppelins in 1942.</p> <p>The funding will allow Airship to actually complete the purchase of its first vehicle. Apparently, at 246 feet in length, the Zeppelin NT will be 50 feet longer than the largest blimp, and will hold up to 12 passengers. Similar airships are already operating safely in <a title="Japan" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/Japan" >Japan</a> and <a title="Germany" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/Germany" >Germany</a>, the company says.</p> <p>Airship will offer its rides for “flightseeing” tours (yes, that’s what they call them), as well as media and science operations. Apparently, <a href="http://www.paloaltodailynews.com/article/2007-11-11-zeppelin">flights will be available for between $250 and $500</a>, around the same price as a ride in a hot balloon.</p> <p>The funding comes from six individuals, including noted tech commentator <a title="Esther Dyson" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/Esther+Dyson" >Esther Dyson</a>. On her blog, Dyson <a href="http://www.edventure.com/flightschool/blog/?p=5">praised the company</a> a year ago as “an absolutely fantastic idea, both in the positive sense and as in ‘pure fantasy’.”</p> <p>Airship is led by the wife-and-husband team of Alexandra and <a title="Brian Hall" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/Brian+Hall" >Brian Hall</a>. <a title="Alexandra Hall" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/Alexandra+Hall" >Alexandra Hall</a> was previously the head of the <a href="http://www.chabotspace.org">Chabot Space and Science Center</a> in <a title="Oakland" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/Oakland" >Oakland</a>, <a title="California" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/California" >Calif.</a></p> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>Opinion: <b><a href="/news/2008/03/27/opinion-10-net-services-will-succeed-and-10-will-probably-fail">10 'Net services that will succeed (and 10 that will probably fail)</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="/news/2008/04/24/video-comments-foolish-or-future">Video comments: Foolish or the future?</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="/news/2008/04/22/sonys-ps3-home-timeline-goes-bad-worse">Sony's PS3 Home timeline goes from bad to worse</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="/news/2008/03/30/twitter-fanatical-users-help-build-brand-not-revenue">Twitter: Fanatical users help build the brand, but not revenue</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/05/09/look-sky-zeppelin-company-airship-ventures-raises-8m#comments Business & Finance Business and Technology co:Airship Ventures people:Alexandra Hall people:Esther-Dyson Breaking News Fri, 09 May 2008 17:47:48 -0700 Venture Beat635894 106275 at http://www.thestandard.com Look, up in the sky: Zeppelin company Airship Ventures raises $8M http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/05/09/look-sky-zeppelin-company-airship-ventures-raises-8m <p><a href="http://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/zeppelin.gif"><img src="http://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/zeppelin.gif" ilo-full-src="http://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/zeppelin.gif" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-92220" title="zeppelin" height="200" width="320" /></a>This fall, if our <a title="San Francisco Bay Area" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/San+Francisco+Bay+Area" >San Francisco Bay Area</a> readers spot a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeppelin">zeppelin</a> overhead, don’t worry — you haven’t been caught in a time warp. It will just mean that a startup called <a href="http://www.airshipventures.com">Airship Ventures</a> has succeeded in bringing the zeppelin (an icon of 1930s aviation) back to the <a title="United States" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/United+States" >United States</a>. The company <a href="http://www.airshipventures.com/pr_08_05_07.html">just raised $8 million in a first round of funding</a>.</p> <p>Specifically, <a title="Airship Ventures" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/Airship+Ventures" >Airship Ventures</a> plans to offer zeppelin rides out of Moffett Field. If the company follows through on its plans, it will bring the first zeppelin to Moffett Field <a href="http://www.airshipventures.com/pr_08_02_13.html">since 1947</a>. In a few months, Airship will operate a single Zeppelin NT based in Moffett’s Hangar 2, which was built by the Navy to house zeppelins in 1942.</p> <p>The funding will allow Airship to actually complete the purchase of its first vehicle. Apparently, at 246 feet in length, the Zeppelin NT will be 50 feet longer than the largest blimp, and will hold up to 12 passengers. Similar airships are already operating safely in <a title="Japan" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/Japan" >Japan</a> and <a title="Germany" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/Germany" >Germany</a>, the company says.</p> <p>Airship will offer its rides for “flightseeing” tours (yes, that’s what they call them), as well as media and science operations. Apparently, <a href="http://www.paloaltodailynews.com/article/2007-11-11-zeppelin">flights will be available for between $250 and $500</a>, around the same price as a ride in a hot balloon.</p> <p>The funding comes from six individuals, including noted tech commentator <a title="Esther Dyson" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/Esther+Dyson" >Esther Dyson</a>. On her blog, Dyson <a href="http://www.edventure.com/flightschool/blog/?p=5">praised the company</a> a year ago as “an absolutely fantastic idea, both in the positive sense and as in ‘pure fantasy’.”</p> <p>Airship is led by the wife-and-husband team of Alexandra and <a title="Brian Hall" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/Brian+Hall" >Brian Hall</a>. <a title="Alexandra Hall" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/Alexandra+Hall" >Alexandra Hall</a> was previously the head of the <a href="http://www.chabotspace.org">Chabot Space and Science Center</a> in <a title="Oakland" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/Oakland" >Oakland</a>, <a title="California" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/California" >Calif.</a></p> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>Opinion: <b><a href="/news/2008/03/27/opinion-10-net-services-will-succeed-and-10-will-probably-fail">10 'Net services that will succeed (and 10 that will probably fail)</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="/news/2008/04/24/video-comments-foolish-or-future">Video comments: Foolish or the future?</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="/news/2008/04/22/sonys-ps3-home-timeline-goes-bad-worse">Sony's PS3 Home timeline goes from bad to worse</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="/news/2008/03/30/twitter-fanatical-users-help-build-brand-not-revenue">Twitter: Fanatical users help build the brand, but not revenue</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/05/09/look-sky-zeppelin-company-airship-ventures-raises-8m#comments Business & Finance Business and Technology co:Airship Ventures people:Alexandra Hall people:Esther-Dyson Breaking News Fri, 09 May 2008 17:47:48 -0700 Venture Beat635894 106275 at http://www.thestandard.com Look, up in the sky: Zeppelin company Airship Ventures raises $8M http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/05/09/look-sky-zeppelin-company-airship-ventures-raises-8m <p><a href="http://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/zeppelin.gif"><img src="http://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/zeppelin.gif" ilo-full-src="http://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/zeppelin.gif" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-92220" title="zeppelin" height="200" width="320" /></a>This fall, if our <a title="San Francisco Bay Area" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/San+Francisco+Bay+Area" >San Francisco Bay Area</a> readers spot a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeppelin">zeppelin</a> overhead, don’t worry — you haven’t been caught in a time warp. It will just mean that a startup called <a href="http://www.airshipventures.com">Airship Ventures</a> has succeeded in bringing the zeppelin (an icon of 1930s aviation) back to the <a title="United States" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/United+States" >United States</a>. The company <a href="http://www.airshipventures.com/pr_08_05_07.html">just raised $8 million in a first round of funding</a>.</p> <p>Specifically, <a title="Airship Ventures" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/Airship+Ventures" >Airship Ventures</a> plans to offer zeppelin rides out of Moffett Field. If the company follows through on its plans, it will bring the first zeppelin to Moffett Field <a href="http://www.airshipventures.com/pr_08_02_13.html">since 1947</a>. In a few months, Airship will operate a single Zeppelin NT based in Moffett’s Hangar 2, which was built by the Navy to house zeppelins in 1942.</p> <p>The funding will allow Airship to actually complete the purchase of its first vehicle. Apparently, at 246 feet in length, the Zeppelin NT will be 50 feet longer than the largest blimp, and will hold up to 12 passengers. Similar airships are already operating safely in <a title="Japan" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/Japan" >Japan</a> and <a title="Germany" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/Germany" >Germany</a>, the company says.</p> <p>Airship will offer its rides for “flightseeing” tours (yes, that’s what they call them), as well as media and science operations. Apparently, <a href="http://www.paloaltodailynews.com/article/2007-11-11-zeppelin">flights will be available for between $250 and $500</a>, around the same price as a ride in a hot balloon.</p> <p>The funding comes from six individuals, including noted tech commentator <a title="Esther Dyson" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/Esther+Dyson" >Esther Dyson</a>. On her blog, Dyson <a href="http://www.edventure.com/flightschool/blog/?p=5">praised the company</a> a year ago as “an absolutely fantastic idea, both in the positive sense and as in ‘pure fantasy’.”</p> <p>Airship is led by the wife-and-husband team of Alexandra and <a title="Brian Hall" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/Brian+Hall" >Brian Hall</a>. <a title="Alexandra Hall" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/Alexandra+Hall" >Alexandra Hall</a> was previously the head of the <a href="http://www.chabotspace.org">Chabot Space and Science Center</a> in <a title="Oakland" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/Oakland" >Oakland</a>, <a title="California" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/California" >Calif.</a></p> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>Opinion: <b><a href="/news/2008/03/27/opinion-10-net-services-will-succeed-and-10-will-probably-fail">10 'Net services that will succeed (and 10 that will probably fail)</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="/news/2008/04/24/video-comments-foolish-or-future">Video comments: Foolish or the future?</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="/news/2008/04/22/sonys-ps3-home-timeline-goes-bad-worse">Sony's PS3 Home timeline goes from bad to worse</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="/news/2008/03/30/twitter-fanatical-users-help-build-brand-not-revenue">Twitter: Fanatical users help build the brand, but not revenue</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/05/09/look-sky-zeppelin-company-airship-ventures-raises-8m#comments Business & Finance Business and Technology co:Airship Ventures people:Alexandra Hall people:Esther-Dyson Breaking News Fri, 09 May 2008 17:47:48 -0700 Venture Beat635894 106275 at http://www.thestandard.com Look, up in the sky: Zeppelin company Airship Ventures raises $8M http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/05/09/look-sky-zeppelin-company-airship-ventures-raises-8m <p><a href="http://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/zeppelin.gif"><img src="http://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/zeppelin.gif" ilo-full-src="http://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/zeppelin.gif" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-92220" title="zeppelin" height="200" width="320" /></a>This fall, if our <a title="San Francisco Bay Area" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/San+Francisco+Bay+Area" >San Francisco Bay Area</a> readers spot a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeppelin">zeppelin</a> overhead, don’t worry — you haven’t been caught in a time warp. It will just mean that a startup called <a href="http://www.airshipventures.com">Airship Ventures</a> has succeeded in bringing the zeppelin (an icon of 1930s aviation) back to the <a title="United States" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/United+States" >United States</a>. The company <a href="http://www.airshipventures.com/pr_08_05_07.html">just raised $8 million in a first round of funding</a>.</p> <p>Specifically, <a title="Airship Ventures" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/Airship+Ventures" >Airship Ventures</a> plans to offer zeppelin rides out of Moffett Field. If the company follows through on its plans, it will bring the first zeppelin to Moffett Field <a href="http://www.airshipventures.com/pr_08_02_13.html">since 1947</a>. In a few months, Airship will operate a single Zeppelin NT based in Moffett’s Hangar 2, which was built by the Navy to house zeppelins in 1942.</p> <p>The funding will allow Airship to actually complete the purchase of its first vehicle. Apparently, at 246 feet in length, the Zeppelin NT will be 50 feet longer than the largest blimp, and will hold up to 12 passengers. Similar airships are already operating safely in <a title="Japan" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/Japan" >Japan</a> and <a title="Germany" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/Germany" >Germany</a>, the company says.</p> <p>Airship will offer its rides for “flightseeing” tours (yes, that’s what they call them), as well as media and science operations. Apparently, <a href="http://www.paloaltodailynews.com/article/2007-11-11-zeppelin">flights will be available for between $250 and $500</a>, around the same price as a ride in a hot balloon.</p> <p>The funding comes from six individuals, including noted tech commentator <a title="Esther Dyson" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/Esther+Dyson" >Esther Dyson</a>. On her blog, Dyson <a href="http://www.edventure.com/flightschool/blog/?p=5">praised the company</a> a year ago as “an absolutely fantastic idea, both in the positive sense and as in ‘pure fantasy’.”</p> <p>Airship is led by the wife-and-husband team of Alexandra and <a title="Brian Hall" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/Brian+Hall" >Brian Hall</a>. <a title="Alexandra Hall" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/Alexandra+Hall" >Alexandra Hall</a> was previously the head of the <a href="http://www.chabotspace.org">Chabot Space and Science Center</a> in <a title="Oakland" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/Oakland" >Oakland</a>, <a title="California" class="inform-link" href="/tag/results/California" >Calif.</a></p> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>Opinion: <b><a href="/news/2008/03/27/opinion-10-net-services-will-succeed-and-10-will-probably-fail">10 'Net services that will succeed (and 10 that will probably fail)</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="/news/2008/04/24/video-comments-foolish-or-future">Video comments: Foolish or the future?</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="/news/2008/04/22/sonys-ps3-home-timeline-goes-bad-worse">Sony's PS3 Home timeline goes from bad to worse</a></b></li> <li>Analysis: <b><a href="/news/2008/03/30/twitter-fanatical-users-help-build-brand-not-revenue">Twitter: Fanatical users help build the brand, but not revenue</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/05/09/look-sky-zeppelin-company-airship-ventures-raises-8m#comments Business & Finance Business and Technology co:Airship Ventures people:Alexandra Hall people:Esther-Dyson Breaking News Fri, 09 May 2008 17:47:48 -0700 Venture Beat635894 106275 at http://www.thestandard.com