Product Details

• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Wgbh Boston
• VHS Release Date: March 28, 2000
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 6304462913
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #364,396 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Revisit the giant airships that ruled the skies, before the Hindenburg disaster dashed their promise, and find out how latter-day blimp builders are resurrecting those romantic lighter-than-air machines.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Up Up and Away, April 24, 2001

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my05stangrocks (Miami, Fl USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nova: Flying the Blimp [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I saw this back in 1991, it was originally titled "The Blimp Is Back". It has nothing to do with flying the blimp, but actually tells the resurgance in interest in blimps from the military to hopeless romantics building dirigibles. Features Roger Monk, the modern day version of Hugo Eckner. It's very good and entertaining. The first half deals with the early history of airships. The second with the modern era of blimps. There are more blimps flying today than ever before, but the military still isn't interested, and probably never will be.