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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: The joy of Zeppelins
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2024 21:56:47 -0000 (UTC)
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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.