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Originally Posted by Torplexed
A sight that would make Count von Zeppelin proud. I'd prefer an 18 hour trip to the east coast in a really cool looking floating hotel over a standard flight any day. It'd also be amazing to see the sky filled with these:
The first prototype is scheduled to be completed in 2010. I'd be curious to know if they are still vulnerable to the same fate that befell the US Navy's zeppelin fleet in the 1920s and 30s. Destruction in high wind and storms.
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It wasn't high wind and storm that destroyed the Hindenburg, but because of a fire - probably caused by the Hindenburg being highly charged with static electricity when its mooring line touched the ground - and the resulting explosion of the highly inflammable hydrogen gas.
Nowadays the much safer helium gas is used.
