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27th Jan 2025

BONUS - Interview with Toby Page of Skyship Services

It was great to interview Toby Page, Managing Director of Skyship Services Inc, operator of the largest lighter-than-air fleet in the world. Toby and I met 25 years ago when I boarded one of his airships as a wide-eyed teenager and it's testament to the power of these wonderful aircraft that we are both still airship-obsessed. Toby talks about some of the key moments that have shaped the industry over the last quarter century, from 9/11 to the covid pandemic. We explore how an effective blimp advertising campaign comes together and what it's like out on the road with a travelling airship circus. We also talk about the future of the industry and Skyship Services' role in training the pilots of the future. Find out more about Skyship Services at www.airships.com. This is the last episode of Season One. Thanks for listening and I'll see you soon for Season Two! As ever, please remember to like, share and review...

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Up Ship! The Airship History Podcast
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 Amundsen, escort World War 2 convoys in US Navy airships and much, much more. And of course, we will examine in the depth the tragic crashes that bedevilled airship history, such as the Hindenburg Disaster.

On our journey we will encounter courageous pilots, crazy inventors, ambitious politicians, visionary engineers; a whole cast of colourful characters. We'll look at how airships influenced the way we travel now, and at the companies trying to bring them back into regular use.

Subscribe now as we voyage back to a time when giant airships ruled the skies!

Up Ship! The Airship History Podcast is produced by Story Circle LLC.

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