Airships must fly... Have you heard of the danger huge gas bubbles erupting from the sea bottom signify to ships? Ships don't float on air. They sink. Balloons do, but I'd hate a sea landing in one of these decorative wicker baskets. Navigating in balloons seems like a lot of fun, even if one is at the mercy of the elements. Wanting to drift to Paris but ending up in the Swiss Alps must have been appealing only to very special personalities. Early balloonists didn't have satellite weather forecasts at hand.
Interestingly, in the 1920's balloon pilots were recruited from the Navy. Their airships carried anchors and ballast, and Zeppelins even featured ship's telegraphs and a wheel stand on their spacious aerial command bridge.
- This model is constructed of awood frame withsilk cloth skin.
- Colors are silver, red and black.
- This is a Very Large model, be sure to check dimensions prior to ordering. Size of this model is an impressive 65.0 inches long, about 13.5 inches tall and 14.25 inches wide.
- Boxed for shipping
**Please note that Authentic Models had a tough time deciding about offending people by using the German Swastika, so they have marked the tail section with the background, red square and white circle, of the German insignia, the model is supplied with a decal of a black cross that resembles a swastika, or you can find a swastika decal or paint the inmage in yourself.
*Note: This item ships FedEx or UPS Oversize #2. Shipping weight is not the actual weight of this item but rather the dimensional weight required to send a package this size.
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Sale Price: $462.39 | SKU: AP171
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