Creating large shadows across Friedrichshafen, the New Technology Zeppelin (NT) is operating pleasure flights with a famous livery designed by German artist Stefan Szczesny.
The naked woman strategically holding a bowl of fruit somehow reflects Szczeny's latest art project. The great work of art has transformed Mainau Island in Lake Constance, into the dream of an earthly paradise.
Visitors at Aero 2007 wishing to fly below the painted lady and her fruit have been paying € 145 for 20 minutes. Business was booming when I went to see Zeppelin, and they were sold-out of tickets. I dare say that these particular customers were probably more interested in seeing the air display from the from the sky rather than the decorated island, but please feel free to correct me.
The first Zeppelin took flight in 1900 from pontoons on Lake Constance. 119 Zeppelins were built between 1900 and 1938, and were particularly popular for transatlantic flights before the Hindenburg disaster in 1937, when the hydrogen ignited just before landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey. 35 people were killed that day, and along with the onset of World War II, Zeppelin airships were abandoned.... That is until the more recent revival of the Zeppelin NT.