Z E P P E L I N T O U R S
Airships and the environment
This AS-300 airship lifted French botonists to the rainforest canopy on a tree-top raft, providing unprecedented access with minimal disruption.
Because airships use the lifting power of Helium to keep them in the air and not the thrust of their engines, they are one of the most efficient and ecologically acceptable forms of aviation. They are also generally much quieter than other aircraft.
"The airship has some very unique qualities that enable it to probably be the most fuel efficient (and environmentally friendly) air transport system possible." EcoGeek
Airships are also ideally suited to a wide range of environmental missions and scientific exploration and over the years they have taken part in a host of projects such as lower atmospheric data collection, rainforest canopy studies and wildlife schemes including monitoring the movement of the endangered right whales.
Related sites
CarbonNeutral - protecting our planet
Sustainable Tourism - Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Zeppelin NT -
A New Platform for Atmospheric Studies
41 page pdf published by Forschungszentrum Julich (English version)
Zeppelin Station -
Arctic atmospheric monitoring station on Zeppelin Mountain, Norway
Zeppelin NT in atmospheric studies - article from April 2007
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