2008 ceased operations november 14 2012 operating bases moffett federal airfield fleet size one zeppelin nt headquarters mountain view california united states key people alexandra hall owner brian hall owner airship ventures zeppelin nt named eureka arrives at moffett federal airfield on 25 oct 2008 airship ventures inc. was a private company that offered sight seeing rides which the company called flightseeing in a 12 passenger zeppelin nt out of a world war ii united states navy hangar at moffett federal airfield near mountain view california . 1 2 3 as of december 2012 update their airship built by zeppelin luftschifftechnik gmbh is in a state of disassembly but is still one of three zeppelins in the world . the ship was dedicated and christened eureka at the 75th anniversary celebration for moffett field on november 21 2008 ; 4 5 its flight from beaumont texas where it was shipped to the bay area was the first zeppelin flight in the united states in 71 years . 6 at 246 feet 75 m long it was the largest airship in the world until the u.s. army s lemv had its maiden flight in 2012 . the company was owned by the husband and wife team of alexandra and brian hall of los gatos california . 7 alexandra hall previously ran the chabot space and science center in oakland california . 1 two of their pilots katherine kate board who left the company to fly another zeppelin nt in germany and andrea deyling are the only female zeppelin pilots in the world . 8 9 airship ventures was based out of the bachelor officer quarters in building 20 in the nasa research park . the airship was stored in the wwii era hangar two a former blimp hangar . on november 14 2012 the company announced that it was closing its doors and grounding flight operations due to a lack of long term sponsorship . 3 10 in mid december the decision was announced to wind up the company and dissassemble the eureka which was shipped back to germany . 11 12 see also edit deutsche zeppelin reederei dzr both the historic and current german zeppelin passenger transport company references edit a b anthony ha 2008 05 09 . look up in the sky zeppelin company airship ventures raises 8m . venture beat . zeppelin revival over skies of san francisco . usa today . 2007 06 22 . a b stacy finz 2012 11 15 . airship ventures ends operations . san francisco chronicle . retrieved 2013 02 25 . daniel debolt 2008 11 28 . moffett field s serendipitous 75th anniversary . mountain view voice . p. 6 . george raine 2008 10 19 . bay area firm to offer 500 zeppelin rides . san francisco chronicle . airship ventures zeppelin successfully crosses atlantic zeppelin to embark on historic cross country flight . marketwatch press release . cody kraatz 2008 11 26 . zeppelin provides a backdrop for moffett s 75th anniversary . sunnyvale sun . p. 25 . airship ventures people pilots retrieved 2008 11 30 archived at the internet archive 2011 6 19 . airship ventures announces first american female to earn zeppelin pilot qualification pdf . airship ventures . 2012 05 30 . retrieved 2013 02 25 . pdf airship ventures ceases operations pdf . airship ventures . 2012 11 14 . retrieved 2012 11 15 . pdf claudia cruz 2012 12 12 . airship ventures says goodbye . mountain view patch . retrieved 2013 02 25 . daniel debolt 2013 02 22 . former airship ventures employee loved her work . mountain view voice . p. 7 . external links edit official website nasa welcomes airship ventures zeppelin to moffett field 2008 10 23 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title airship ventures & oldid 742878753 categories companies based in santa clara county californiaamerican companies established in 2007airlines established in 2008hidden categories articles containing potentially dated statements from december 2012all articles containing potentially dated statements navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 6 october 2016 at 11 01 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view