Made in Germany | Zeppelin -- Two German Specialists in Japan

Two airship mechanics from Friedrichshafen in southern Germany are spending six weeks doing installation work in Japan. They will be doing maintenance work on the Zeppelin NT2 sold to Japan in 2004 and training technicians there.

For the first time they will not simply be letting its buoyancy gas helium escape into the atmosphere, but will be storing it in giant sacks for later re-use, thus saving costs. Then the giant airship will be getting a complete overhaul. The mechanics are under time pressure because the upcoming passenger flights over Japan's huge cities are already booked. Mark Miller accompanied the German specialists as they collaborated with the Japanese crew.

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[ReezeGoingSenseless]

@polskich Due to financial Problems (massive Mismanagement, as I heard) the Company went Bankrupt.In the former Production-Dome is know a Water Park.

[albedoshader]

@polskich: The company for the Cargolifter went bankrupt. The giant hall (the largest self-supporting hall in the world) for the airship is an indoor resort now, with camping ground, lagoon, a beach, pools etc. It's open 24/7 for the whole year. I've never been there but i watched a documentation about the creation of this resort. The size of the hall must be an overwhelming experience.

Thry this link: watch?v=MD1_QyEawpc

[ericssson]

this is perfect for Police Surveillance

[polskich]

what happened to the heavy lift airship the germans were working on

[theshipman]

WoW!!!

I'd love to go up in that one!!!