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Welcome to Up Ship! The Airship History Podcast. I’m Nick Rogers and I will be your captain on this long-haul flight through the fascinating history of the most awe-inspiring and ethereal aircraft ever conceived – the airship. We will navigate from the earliest days of airships, through the violent days of the First World War into the Golden Age of the great airships of the 1920s and 30s, and beyond. We’ll fly around the world on the Graf Zeppelin, travel to the North Pole with Roald Amundse ...
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Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin was a titan of the airship world - of aviation in general, in fact. The inventor of the rigid airship, he founded a company which manufacturers airships to this day and which was responsible for the creation of some of the most iconic aircraft of all time. But this was not supposed to be his legacy. An army officer and …
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I was delighted to welcome Max Pinucci to the podcast. Max is a designer, pilot, author and teacher. Among many other roles, he is the Cofounder and Head of Design at OceanSky Cruises, an exciting company which aims to operate large passenger airships for luxury, sustainable aerial cruises. In this wide-ranging interview, Max and I discuss his many…
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In the second part of our Alberto Santos-Dumont double-bill, we follow his career as his fame skyrockets and he becomes one of the most celebrated figures in the world. Embittered by the controversies surrounding the Deutsche Prize, he continues his experiments in Monaco before finally returning to France. His adventures continue; his little airshi…
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Aviation history is full of outsize characters. But few are as colourful or as interesting as Brazilian pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont. Born to a wealthy coffee planting family, young Alberto dreamed of emulating the birds in flight. His dreams became reality when he moved to the exciting, vivid world of turn-of-the-century Paris. First building bal…
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It was great to interview Thibault Proux from Flying Whales, one of the companies making the biggest strides towards bringing large airships back to our skies. Flying Whales are developing what will be the largest aircraft in the world - the LCA60T, 200 metres long, 50 metres wide and capable of carrying 60 tons of cargo to areas of the world with …
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Observing the first manned balloon flight, Benjamin Franklin believed that the balloon would be such a potent weapon that it would bring about an end to war. If only that had been the case. Balloons played a role in numerous conflicts, from the French Revolutionary Wars and the American Civil War up to World War One, but they and their proponents o…
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"Nothing will ever equal that moment of joyous excitement which filled my whole being when I felt myself flying away from the earth. It was not mere pleasure, it was perfect bliss. Having escaped from the frightful torments of persecution and of calumny, I felt that I was answering all in rising above all… On whatever side we looked, all was glorio…
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'Out of the softening sunset came the airship; and the manner of its moving was beautiful. Few inanimate objects attain beauty in the pursuance of their courses, and yet, to me, at least, the flight of this ship was far lovelier than the swooping of a bird or the jumping of a horse.' Giant rigid airships the size of ocean liners once ruled our skie…
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Welcome to Up Ship! The Airship History Podcast. I’m Nick Rogers and I will be your captain on this long-haul flight through the fascinating history of the most awe-inspiring and ethereal aircraft ever conceived – the airship. We will navigate from the earliest days of airships, through the violent days of the First World War into the Golden Age of…
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TRACKLIST: Cherrelle - High Priority - The Opening Instant Funk - Give It To You Baby The Whispers - It's A Love Thing PROUX - Funk Express (Edit) Breakwater - No Limit 9.9 - All Of Me For All Of You Ray Parker Jr - Ghost Busters (PRX RMX) Quincy Jones & Patti Austin - Razzamatazz The Brothers Johnson - Do You Al Matthews - Fool Was Not Was - Walk …
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TRACKLIST: Kleeer - Ride It Paul Hardcastle - King Tut Daft Punk - Crescendolls Change - This Is Your Time The Isley Brothers - Who's That Lady Heatwave - Lettin' It Loose Tom Browne - Funkin For Jamaica Dayton - Krackity-Krack The O'jays - Back Stabbers Goldie Alexander - Show You my Love Dan Hartman - Relight My Fire Raydio - Get Down I Want You …
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TRACKLIST: Ashford And Simpson - Bourgie Bourgie The Gap Band - Steppin' (Out) Heatwave - Raise a Blaze Lonnie Smith - Do It Skyy - Jam The Box The Isley Brothers - I Wanna Be With You Starpoint - It's All Yours Mandrill - Mango Meat Grace Jones - Fame France Joli - Gonna Get Over You Kenny Moore - Don't Touch Me There Gene Harris - As (JUNE/2015)…
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TRACKLIST: Shakatak - Streetwalkin' PROUX - Smooth Smoothie Jaye Williams - Twilight Zone Alec R. Costandinos - Grooves The Brothers Johnson - Stomp! The Manhattan Transfer - Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone Second Image - Can't Keep Holding On Stretch - Why Did You Do It Tame Impala - Feels Like We Only Go Backwards Stacy Lattisaw - Attack of the Name …
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TRACKLIST: Klique - I Can't Shake This Feeling Queen - Another One Bites The Dust Inxs - Need You Tonight Cassius - Feeling For You Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio - It's Time to Party Now Rosebud - Have A Cigar Tracy Weber - Sure Shot Cheryl Lynn - Got To Be Real ???? - Come On Les Visiteurs - Dehors Les Romanos Thp - Good To Me Azoto - Soft Emotion Aurra…
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TRACKLIST: Sugarhill Gang - Apache The Notorious B.I.G. - Big Poppa The Spinners - Got To Be Love Lipps Inc. - Hold Me Down Amon Düül II - Kirk Morgan Mac Thornhill - Make Life Worth Living (Instrumental) Gwen Mccrae - Keep The Fire Burning Gonzalez - Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet PROUX - Plattsburgh Jamiroquai - Space Cowboy (David Morales Classic C…
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TRACKLIST: Dazz Band - Let It Whip Cheryl Lynn - Encore Howard Johnson - So Fine Kool & The Gang - Fresh Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots Al Hudson & One Way - Pop It Beyoncé - Love On Top Julien Love - Baby All The Time The B. B. & Q. Band - On The Beat Bobby Caldwell - Open Your Eyes Munich Machine - Get On The Funk Train One Way - Mr Groove Eric …
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TRACKLIST: Dazz Band - Let It Whip (Re-Recorded - Remastered) Sebastien Tellier - Kilometer Anita Ward - Ring My Bell (Long Version) Fat Larry's Band - Boogie Town Fourplay - Westchester Lady (Live @ Java Jazz Festival 2011) Hall & Oates - Kiss On My List Inxs - Need You Tonight Jazzy Dee - Get On Up M.I.A. - Paper Planes Mary Jane Girls - All Nigh…
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TRACKLIST: Barry White - Never, Never Gonna Give You Up A Taste Of Honey - Do It Good Lionel Richie - Machine Gun Mariah Carey - When I Feel It Matahari - Parte De Mí Maxwell - Sumthin' Sumthin' Modjo - Lady Ray Charles - Unchain My Heart Rose Royce - Magic Touch Stevie Wonder - Part Time Lover The Average White Band - Let's Go Round Again The Poli…
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I accidentally this mix TRACKLIST: ZZT - Partys Over Los Angeles (PROUX Unreleased Bootleg) Ourvais - Some Funk Norman Connors - Justify Mr Oizo - Plug It Logg - I Know You Will L'Étranger - Mersey Mersey Me Kenny Moore - Don't Touch Me There Gene Dunlap - These One's On Me The Clash - Rock The Casbah 5eya - Backlight Stevie Wonder - Isn't She Love…
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