You seen this?
An all metail airship!!
Does anyone know if it ever flew?
http://www.flightglobal.com/imagearchive/Image.aspx?GalleryName=Photo%20Archive/Experimental%20and%20Prototypes&Image=FA_6755
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Not sure about the exact airship pictured...however, it looks like all metal airships did fly. Check out this Wikipedia article on an airship called the ZMC-2.
A quick Google search came back with this site, with a bit more info:
http://oldbeacon.com/beacon/airships/zmc-2.htm
I don't know aobut anyone else, but when I think Airships, I think one thing, and one thing only...
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade...
"No Ticket"
That is an epic Airship, i am not sure how far Indie would get on that thing :-)
You're right though, the sight of those things always reminds me of the mighty Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (which has to be the best out of the three films)
i haved seen some more information on that Airship here:
http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1929/1929%20-%200263.pdf
there's some more info here:
http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1931/1931%20-%200163.pdf
It says they were planning on getting it ready for 1935 launch, but haven't found anything saying it flew.