Path: ...!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of Zeppelins Date: 5 Nov 2024 00:55:15 GMT Lines: 8 Message-ID: References: <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 X-Trace: individual.net ZzkMhMlsseTvAQLIWNZZ5wE7yYKK7H+fhg+HvIhb+aA08V6TEh Cancel-Lock: sha1:99bmdjpfO/LiY0IceFHCqgiRsX0= sha256:dwBM2dX9rxR0ipT66PTE1LeMH2tCkr/FLAqUbtvJ8lQ= User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Bytes: 2042 On Mon, 4 Nov 2024 21:56:47 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > 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. Ex-Navy? He did good work. LZ 126 was the only Zepplin to survive the US Navy long enough to become a hangar queen.