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Airship Ventures is bringing a Zeppelin NT airship to the SF Bay Area for daily sight seeing flights, advertising operations, corporate and event occasions and scientific missions. We start operations from Moffett Field, North Oakland and Sonoma County airports in November! More

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The following information is provided for those who want to know more about the Zeppelin NT. If you have further questions, you might want to explore the Zeppelin NT website, which is very comprehensive.

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Dimensions
Length 75.0 m 246 ft
Maximum width 19.5 m 64 ft
Height 17.4 m 57 ft
Envelope volume 8,400 m³ 296,643 ft³
Ballonet volume 2,200 m³ 77,692 ft³
Surface area 2,630 m² 28,309 ft²


Mass
Maximum take-off weight 8,040 kg 17,725 lb
Useful load 1,950 kg 4,299 lb


Performance
3 x Lycoming IO-360 200 hp
Maximum level flight speed 125 km/hr 78 mi/hr
Range 900 km 560 mi
Ceiling 2,850 m 9,350 ft
Maximum endurance approximately 24 hr


Cabin
Number of seats 2 crew + up to 12 passengers
Volume 26 m³ 918 ft³
Length 10.7 m 35 ft


Parameter Helicopter Airplane Zeppelin NT 07
Intensive presence Low (max 2 hr) Low (max 2 hr) High (>8 hr)
Crew/passenger comfort Low (noise & space) Medium High (noise <20dB)
Noise/other emissions Medium Medium Low
Fuel consumption High High Low (50 kg/hr)
Minimum speed Hover ability 250 km/hr Hover ability
VTOL capacity Yes No Yes
Very low altitude mission Yes No Yes
Media impact Low No High