Yes, there are still proper airplanes with propellors flying around :-).

It’s nice to see that “our” Blimp has gotten a new sponsor! It’s an advert for a relaunch of a radio station and the Blimp was flying around a lot with it even until a couple of days ago.

The big Airbus A330 on its way to Boston!

The Airbus A350 – first one I’ve successfully photographed –
from Cathay Pacific on the way to Hong Kong came really close!

The Cessnas are easier to catch because they move much more slowly :-).

For some reason, Air China’s A330 came out a little hazy, but that might have been a slight cloud layer.

I’m still practicing catching planes with my new camera and this one worked out pretty well!

Here’s a compliation of videos I’ve taken with the new camera of our local airship flying in the last couple of days – this is from September 2nd, 7th and 10th. The Blimp has been around a lot this summer, now even with a new sponsor – our local power company, which recently changed its name.

Fresh from this evening – our local blimp was out even after sunset. The occasion was that the energy company RWE – whose headquarters are in our neighbouring city of Essen – had renamed their consumer branch into “innogy” (note the stylish lower case). Which I find a bit silly, to tell the truth!

Last Month, I saw our local airship fly at night – the new blimp has an internal lighting system!
This is slightly unsharp, but it’s not easy taking photos in the dark.