Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of Zeppelins Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2024 21:56:47 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 10 Message-ID: References: <2ItTO.338744$v8v2.95701@fx18.iad> <199392d0-9628-8177-2f3b-35b23a721dd4@example.net> <086607f1-2283-f7fb-ddf9-ac4766b06530@example.net> <3RPUO.364883$v8v2.299927@fx18.iad> <6723f0c1@news.ausics.net> <7bd05232-fb70-d3c8-d89a-be9f63d85207@example.net> <483e3c29-b695-d91a-bab1-68264d17296f@example.net> <117525921.752442206.774429.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2024 22:56:48 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="212debef381064123956ff5fede14532"; logging-data="1206554"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19gNGgyJTRTIWbYEKmgq4Ab" User-Agent: Pan/0.160 (Toresk; ) Cancel-Lock: sha1:uBB0PDmZoXHu4+iXc8pwYoGUi7Q= Bytes: 2404 On Mon, 4 Nov 2024 13:21:14 -0700, Peter Flass wrote: > I’d love it! The Zeppelin Gesellschaft is (or was) recently building LTA > vehicles for tourism. I’d fly in one in a heartbeat. Only semirigid, last I heard -- half balloon and half old-style Zeppelin. I think the full rigids are considered too fragile for safety. This in spite of the fact that ex-Navy man Hugo Eckener had a 100% safety record in piloting hydrogen-filled craft.