Zeppelin coming to Bay Area for the first time in 70 years

Monday profile: Zeppelin coming to Bay Area for the first time in 70 years
By Laura Casey
Contra Costa Times
Article Launched: 10/13/2008 12:05:00 AM PDT

Before she even stepped inside the gondola of a 246-foot-long Zeppelin NT, Alexandra Hall fell in love with it. And she became the CEO of Airship Ventures, the company bringing a Zeppelin to the Bay Area for tours and research.

It is a fitting, albeit sort of quirky step for the former chief executive of Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland. But once the 36-year-old sets her sights on a new project, she zeros in on making it happen.

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