Bill Welker

Added nice reader-submitted photo of the UK Gamma 1912. #Lindfield" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">welweb.org/ThenandNow/Gam… #Airship #Airships #Dirigible #Blimp

Identified the location of a wonderful 1924 shot of the USS Shenandoah airship over Long Beach, CA. Details here: #longbeach" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">welweb.org/ThenandNow/ZR-… #Graf #Zeppelin #Airship #Dirigible #Blimp

@marcorubio For the love of God, NO! Year-round DST will mean an 9 AM or later sunrise in the winter for the northern areas of the USA. Why not just abandon DST altogether instead! #LocktheClock

Soon we will have to comply with the senseless twice a year “time change”. We need to pass my bill to make daylight savings permanent. More daylight in the evenings results in fewer car accidents & robberies. And it allows kids to play outside longer. #LockTheClock

Found yet another monument to Airships! This is another dedicated to Ferdinand Graf Von Zeppelin in Germany. #grassau" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">welweb.org/ThenandNow/zep… #Graf #Zeppelin #Airship #Dirigible #Blimp

Is the earth flat? Don't just say it! Test it! Prove it! You can do it! welweb.org/flatearth/flat… #flatearth

Posted an article about my method to set up and align an astronomical telescope tripod in about 5 minutes. Maybe it will help someone?

Posted a new page on the French "Dixmude" airship. welweb.org/ThenandNow/Dix… #Zeppelin #Airship #Dirigible #Blimp

"Discovered" a delightful little museum in the UK with a modest airship exhibit. (Photo by John Felding, Twitter) #wisbech" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">welweb.org/ThenandNow/zep…

The exact location of the grave site of Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin. #vonzeppelin" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">welweb.org/ThenandNow/zep… #Graf #Zeppelin #Airship #Dirigible

And 6 Hindenburg crew members at the Frankfurt Main Cemetery. #frankfurt" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">welweb.org/ThenandNow/zep… #Zeppelin #Airship #Dirigible

6 Hindenburg crew members buried at the cemetery in Städtischer Friedhof, Friedrichshafen, and the grave site of Dr. Hugo Eckener #cemetery" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">welweb.org/ThenandNow/zep…

Added a more recent photo of the 1930 French Memorial to the R-101 #allonne" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">welweb.org/ThenandNow/zep… #Zeppelin #Airship #Dirigible #Blimp

Monday, Oct 5th, 2020 is the 90th anniversary of the dreadful crash of the great British airship the R-101 in Beauvais, France in 1930. She was, at the time, the world's largest airship at 777 feet long, a behemoth, (welweb.org/ThenandNow/R-1…)

And one more: #farnborough" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">welweb.org/ThenandNow/zep… #Zeppelin #Airship #Dirigible

Couple of fine, obscure "museums": #little%20wigborough" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">welweb.org/ThenandNow/zep… and #mersea" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">welweb.org/ThenandNow/zep… #Zeppelin #Airship #Dirigible

Identified and located the 3rd commemorative marker of the British R-34 airship, 1919 round trip Atlantic crossing, landing at Pulham, UK #pulham" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">welweb.org/ThenandNow/zep… #Zeppelin #Airship #Dirigible

Recent addition to the EAA Aircraft Museum, Wisconsin. The 22 foot model of the LZ-130 #wisconsin" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">welweb.org/ThenandNow/zep… #Graf #Zeppelin #Airship #Dirigible (photo by Hendrick Stoops)

Posted a wonderful new addition about Willows landing his No. 3 airship at Leamington Spa, UK in May 1911. #Leamington%20Spa%20Warwickshire" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">welweb.org/ThenandNow/Wil…

New article on the location of a fine Granite Marker for the Whitehead Aerodrome in Northern Ireland. Site of WW I coastal patrol airship activity. #Whitehead" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">welweb.org/ThenandNow/zep…

Added the location identification of the USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) Airship over Detroit in 1926, #Detroit" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">welweb.org/ThenandNow/ZR-…