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JMJ Becomes Artistic Director of the World Sky Race
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:34 pm
by Kanta
JMJ Becomes Artistic Director of the World Sky Race
UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Jean-Michel Jarre has agreed to become the Artistic Director of the World Sky Race launched in a partnership between the nongovernmental U.S.-based World Air League and UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre.
The aim of the World Sky Race is to promote environmental protection and the use of lighter-than-air skyships as a means to reduce pollution and pressures caused by transportation.
Source
Official website:
www.worldskyrace.com
Another title to add under his cap.
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:21 am
by moviemaker
Very cool.
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:31 am
by Jon
So he's going to ditch the tour bus and tour removal trucks and replace them with good old fashioned horse & cart. I can see this being a looooooooooooooooooong tour
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 5:00 pm
by Kanta
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:04 pm
by Jon
He's in Blackpool
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 1:02 pm
by Kanta
If only I knew, I could have been there.
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:44 am
by Kanta
http://www.worldskyrace.com/news_2-25-09.htm
Thanx you to Robi for sending me the link.
The letter to Don from JMJ is such a wonderful read,
even though he did not use any emoticons.
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 3:28 pm
by melo
Ok, the project will not happen more in 2010, but just in 2011(or 2012):
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/17/airship_race/
Apart from Augustine and his unnamed donors, Hartsell has secured the backing of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, as the plan is for the racing airships to pass various designated world heritage sites and so focus attention on them: the UN officials hope that this will mean the sites get better care taken of them as a result. French electropop titan Jean-Michel Jarre - a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador - will also be lending his talents as the race's "artistic director".
Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2010 6:45 pm
by Kanta
melo wrote:Ok, the project will not happen more in 2010, but just in 2011(or 2012):
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/17/airship_race/
Apart from Augustine and his unnamed donors, Hartsell has secured the backing of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, as the plan is for the racing airships to pass various designated world heritage sites and so focus attention on them: the UN officials hope that this will mean the sites get better care taken of them as a result. French electropop titan Jean-Michel Jarre - a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador - will also be lending his talents as the race's "artistic director".
He has many talents to give. Really excited for this new venture.
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 8:27 pm
by Velodynamic
melo wrote:Ok, the project will not happen more in 2010, but just in 2011(or 2012):
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/17/airship_race/
French electropop titan Jean-Michel Jarre - a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador - will also be lending his talents as the race's "artistic director".
What on earth will he be "directing" up there?
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 9:20 pm
by Kanta
Velodynamic wrote:melo wrote:Ok, the project will not happen more in 2010, but just in 2011(or 2012):
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/17/airship_race/
French electropop titan Jean-Michel Jarre - a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador - will also be lending his talents as the race's "artistic director".
What on earth will he be "directing" up there?
The sky is the limit.
Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 7:57 pm
by melo
More information from
"THE WALL STREET JOURNAL"
The event would begin on the prime meridian in England on Sept. 23, 2011, returning to Europe on March 20, 2012—about six weeks before the 75th anniversary of the LZ-129 Hindenburg disaster in which 36 people were killed in a field in Lakehurst, N.J.
BUT: But while many in the blimp world say they're intrigued by Mr. Hartsell's idea, nobody has officially signed up yet. Mr. Hartsell says "discussions are still going on."
Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 9:16 pm
by Kanta
melo wrote:More information from
"THE WALL STREET JOURNAL"
The event would begin on the prime meridian in England on Sept. 23, 2011
So he will be here in the UK in a year's time.
Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 8:43 pm
by melo
I got a news about this World Sky Race...postponed to 2014 or never happen
News from CNN:
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/17/tech/innovation/world-blimp-race/
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Hartsell is talking about his World Sky Race, which as conceived would be a grand global spectacle. If all goes according to plan, a fleet of airships will take off from London in 2014 and race each other around the world, watched by millions of spectators, before finishing six months later just outside of Paris.
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 9:22 pm
by melo
wrong date...
