Posted AT 5:29 PM EDT on 14/01/05
Giant zeppelin completes maiden flight
Tokyo — An enormous white zeppelin described as the world's largest successfully completed its maiden flight Friday in Japan.
The German-made 75-metre airship wafted into blue skies above the western port city of Kobe Friday morning for half an hour before embarking on a five-hour flight to Nagoya in central Japan, said Yoshifumi Sato, an employee of the zeppelin's owner, Nippon Airship Corporation.
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