Above: The Graf Zeppacumber!

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Welcome to

my website about one of the most

amazing of man's creations:

The Zeppelin.....

Including some of the artefacts in my personal collection.

                           Ship of Dreams

A hundred tons that has no weight,

Aloft at nature’s every whim.

The odds on these fragile craft surviving,

With hindsight, perhaps, seem very slim.

But flew they did in spite of danger,

Sailing in an ancient way.

Twelve bags of gas, a silver finger

Ruining Isaac Newton’s day.

The ‘Hindenberg’ – A Nazi symbol,

Plied the trades across the sea.

People gasped at its adventure,

And queued to sail in luxury.

A ‘Ship of Dreams’ you’d hear them whisper

As she dropped her Lakehurst landing ropes.

Soon St Elmo’s Fire began to blister,

Her gleaming sides of silver dope.

Endless seconds it took to turn,

Dreams into flames, from stem to stern.

Boiling girders falling, turning,

Helpless people, jumping, burning.

Before the world the Airship died.

No longer do they grace our skies.

Those left were quietly broken up,

Made into pots and pans and cups.

Now in this age of jets and electronics,

The ‘Ship of Dreams’ seems far away.

Somehow though it seems ironic,

That planes kill more people every day.

Though our dreams of adventure, still remain,

Somehow – even dreams can never be the same.

                         Guy Smith. Oct 1999

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Link to   Home Page.

Link to   Zeppelins 1914 - 1918.  L31 L32 L33 L48   

Link to   British Airships.

Link to   Zeppelins between the Wars.

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