Shall We Visit the Man in the Moon?

The inspiration for the post of these lyrics: Onxy Plutonian's Airship.
I had a very nice time dancing with a few friends and new acquaintances last evening inside this lovely ship.

COME TAKE A RIDE
(In My Airship)
by Ren Shields

I love a sailor, a sailor loves me. He comes every night to my home
He’s not a sailor who sails on the sea over the wild briny foam
For he owns an airship that sails upon high.
He’s just like a bird on the wing.
And every evening when shadows draw nigh,
he will come to my window and sing:

Come take a ride in my airship. Come take a trip to the stars.
Come take a ride around Venus. Come take a trip around Mars.
No One to watch while we’re kissing. No one to see while we spoon.
Come take a ride in my airship and we’ll visit the man in the moon.

One night while out sailing away from the stars
We passed through the milk-y white way.
Just idly sailing and watching the stars
he asked me if I’d name the day.
Right near the dip-per I gave him my heart.
The sun shines on our honey-moon.
We swore to each other we
never would part and we’d teach all our babies this tune:

Come take a ride in my airship. Come take a trip to the stars.
Come take a ride around Venus. Come take a trip around Mars.
No One to watch while we’re kissing. No one to see while we spoon.
Come take a ride in my airship and we’ll visit the man in the moon.

Dancing to DJ Lucien B's great mix.

Kind of makes you wonder what's happening just out of frame, doesn't it?

On this day in history

Graphic of the first ascent of LZ1 on July 2, 1900 courtesy of Wikipedia

For all of us Caledonian Steampunk enthusiasts

From Wikipedia:

The first Zeppelin flight occurred on July 2, 1900 over the Bodensee. It lasted only 18 minutes before LZ1 was forced to land on the lake after the winding mechanism for the balancing weight broke. Upon repair, the technology proved its potential in subsequent flights (the second and third flights were in October 1900 and October 24, 1900 respectively), beating the 6 m/s velocity record of the French airship La France by 3 m/s. This performance, however, was unable to convince possible investors. With his financial resources depleted, Count von Zeppelin was forced to disassemble the prototype, sell it for scrap, and close the company in 1901.[5]

It was largely due to support by aviation enthusiasts that von Zeppelin's idea got a second (and third) chance and could be developed into a reasonably reliable technology. Only then could the airships be profitably used for civilian aviation and sold to the military.

Thanks, Mr. Zepplin!

Now may I suggest that we all take out our favorite lighter than air ships for a little spin today? Yes! I think that is a grand idea! See you up there.