On the Mulheim's airport /
the Ruhr in Germany a company exploits dirigibles of 60 metres, similar in the
blimps GZ 20 of GOOD YEAR.
W.D.L. is his name or more exactly the WESTDEUTSCHE LUTWERBUNG specialized
in the air advertisement.
August 13, 1972, its new dirigible " the stealing musketeer " WDL
makes its first 1 ascent, of type 1A equipped with brilliant panels of 40 m x 8
m on the sides, the follow-up of the second blimp on October 30, intended for
Japan and baptized " Japanese stealing "
The W.D.L. fabricated since 1972 , 8 dirigibles of type WDL 1a To of 58
m& WDL 1b of 60 m.
This day this firm exploits 4 dirigibles on its base of the Essen-Mulheim's
airport.