Manx Airship Lines
Do you live on the Isle of Man?
Why do those airships look a bit familiar?
And why does the website look a bit familiar, too?
Where did the other pictures come from?
Yes.
Yes!
Are you asking that because the website launched on April First?
Don't worry, there's a blimp in the morning.
The airships of the Manx Airship Lines are all United States Navy airships of the World War II era, modified in GIMP.
The original photographs used are official U.S. Navy photographs, in the public domain. You can find them, and more, by following these links, where you can also read about the history of the U.S. Navy airships:
Because there are so many photographs in the public domain. Also, because they're beautifully designed airships.
This site was created as a loving parody of the website of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company. Many of the design elements and styles are theirs, though the colour scheme has been entirely changed to avoid possibility of confusion.
Manx Airship Lines is not affiliated with the Steam Packet Company.
All pictures on manxairship.com are in the public domain, are licensed under Creative Commons and attributed, or were taken by the author.
Composite images were each assembled from several layers in GIMP. Most of the airship photographs are black-and-white, creating an interesting challenge when combined with color backgrounds.
The code was assembled in Text Wrangler, running on a MacBook.
Probably someone who's quite fond of the Isle of Man, airships, old railway posters typeset with Gill Sans, and crazy projects, among other things.
I'm Will Quale, musician for the only Manx folk dance group in America. I've had two delightful visits to the Isle of Man and I'm sure I'll return many times before the Manx Airship Lines transatlantic service starts. Though if it does, you can be sure I'll be booked on the maiden voyage!
I can be reached at will.quale@gmail.com