Bill Welker

Retired computer security engineer, airship enthusiast, astronomy, telescopes, living completely debt-free!

[Bill Welker @BoffinBill]

Added nice reader-submitted photo of the UK Gamma 1912. https://t.co/QJqqNmZUcb
#Airship #Airships #Dirigible #Blimp

[Bill Welker @BoffinBill]

Identified the location of a wonderful 1924 shot of the USS Shenandoah airship over Long Beach, CA. Details here: https://t.co/VUqphj663V #Graf #Zeppelin #Airship #Dirigible #Blimp

[Bill Welker @BoffinBill]

@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

[Bill Welker @BoffinBill]

Found yet another monument to Airships! This is another dedicated to Ferdinand Graf Von Zeppelin in Germany. https://t.co/vBgX4Y7nps #Graf #Zeppelin #Airship #Dirigible #Blimp

[Bill Welker @BoffinBill]

Is the earth flat? Don't just say it! Test it! Prove it! You can do it! https://t.co/9MhFioAvLB #flatearth

[Bill Welker @BoffinBill]

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

[Bill Welker @BoffinBill]

Posted a new page on the French "Dixmude" airship. https://t.co/IgSy39c6VX #Zeppelin #Airship #Dirigible #Blimp

[Bill Welker @BoffinBill]

"Discovered" a delightful little museum in the UK with a modest airship exhibit. (Photo by John Felding, Twitter) https://t.co/OyILWacqoG

[Bill Welker @BoffinBill]

The exact location of the grave site of Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin. https://t.co/U6m9kFYuPM #Graf #Zeppelin #Airship #Dirigible

[Bill Welker @BoffinBill]

And 6 Hindenburg crew members at the Frankfurt Main Cemetery. https://t.co/sRmhL0Jex9 #Zeppelin #Airship #Dirigible

[Bill Welker @BoffinBill]

6 Hindenburg crew members buried at the cemetery in Städtischer Friedhof, Friedrichshafen, and the grave site of Dr. Hugo Eckener https://t.co/3ravubLmGx

[Bill Welker @BoffinBill]

Added a more recent photo of the 1930 French Memorial to the R-101 https://t.co/gF0wmdx9vm #Zeppelin #Airship #Dirigible #Blimp

[Bill Welker @BoffinBill]

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, (https://t.co/ZYtryRX39u)

[Bill Welker @BoffinBill]

And one more: https://t.co/ycyYA33MdA #Zeppelin #Airship #Dirigible

[Bill Welker @BoffinBill]

Couple of fine, obscure "museums": https://t.co/H45IMBlmfu and https://t.co/LNfimzsVLY
#Zeppelin #Airship #Dirigible

[Bill Welker @BoffinBill]

Identified and located the 3rd commemorative marker of the British R-34 airship, 1919 round trip Atlantic crossing, landing at Pulham, UK https://t.co/NdWSJNZDeU #Zeppelin #Airship #Dirigible

[Bill Welker @BoffinBill]

Recent addition to the EAA Aircraft Museum, Wisconsin. The 22 foot model of the LZ-130 https://t.co/OZOXZhbbH8 #Graf #Zeppelin #Airship #Dirigible (photo by Hendrick Stoops)

[Bill Welker @BoffinBill]

Posted a wonderful new addition about Willows landing his No. 3 airship at Leamington Spa, UK in May 1911. https://t.co/CkBKdt4GSo

[Bill Welker @BoffinBill]

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. https://t.co/zMBOuD6Yqv

[Bill Welker @BoffinBill]

Added the location identification of the USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) Airship over Detroit in 1926, https://t.co/fPZvGUcSDn