Crab Mentality - 2021-03-30
I voted this up because I wanted to talk about the idea that this disaster doomed airship travel.
One thing I rarely see pointed out is that on it's final voyage, it had 36 passengers and 61 crew- there were a few different voyages, but they all had similar ratios.
Obviously, this was a super luxury craft- so sure, they're going to have lots of extra crew, and plenty of shit you don't need, like a piano. Even so, they had to have a custom-made aluminum piano made for weight purposes.
The cabins for this ultra-luxury ride looked like this- https://i.pinimg.com/originals/68/d3/50/68d35064d7dfcb4f3aa38b1601 219d5c.jpg
This, mixed with it's top speed of 85 mph, in ideal conditions, really makes for a bad formula. Even with all elements of danger removed, and if you ditched the piano and a few crew members for more people, you're still looking at something that doesn't really compare to a plane.
I love the idea as much as anyone else, but unfortunately some kind of mountaintop chalet is the best compromise, as blimps and zepplins were never really a great way to get from point A to B, and if luxury was your deal, ocean liners were better at that anyway. Oh, and switching from explodey hydrogen to safe helium gives you a pretty massive loss of total lift, too.
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casualcollapse - 2021-03-30 I know full well that they could never replace planes but it's still a shame that you can't just charter a blimp at an airport
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Crackersmack - 2021-03-30 Also the aluminum piano had a problem with cracking, so it was not on board for the final flight, as it was being repaired. Eventually it was destroyed by allied bombers in WW2 when the factory it was stored in burned down.
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SolRo - 2021-03-30 They had a spotty safety record even without exploding.
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Lef - 2021-04-02 98 hours to cross the ocean and you get to sleeping in an aluminum bunk bed. Sign me up!
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Cena_mark - 2021-03-30
Blame the US for hoarding all the helium.
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casualcollapse - 2021-03-30
DIE NAZI BALLOON!
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Chicken the Did - 2021-03-30 So are you saying DIE NAZI BALLOON like 'DIE, AUTOBOT!' Or are you saying 'the Nazi Balloon' in German? Both could apply.
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casualcollapse - 2021-03-30
50fps
What is this
PRISON?
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Lef - 2021-04-02
For the ending
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