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TB — 4/10/2007 5:12:49 AM (archived)

There was a time in college when I steeped myself in almost everything written about airships and their history. That's when I built the models. Still got some great books on my shelf.

The airships would never have competed with airplanes for getting from one place to another quickly, but they would have had a lot of other applications. There was nothing in the world like them for getting from one place to another not so quickly.

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Zeppelins - Bowser - 4/9/2007 4:52:37 AM
- There may be millions of them in the future. - SDF - 4/10/2007 7:48:47 PM
  - Don't you think all that shade created will lead to global cooling and smaller crop yields? (n/t) - The Artist formerly know as Scott Evil - 4/11/2007 2:51:20 PM
  - Is that an inflated estimate? (n/t) - Colonel Blimp - 4/11/2007 12:36:05 PM
- Uncle HAD MEMENTO - carl - 4/9/2007 4:16:28 PM
  - Got any pictures? - TB - 4/9/2007 4:29:57 PM
    - re: Got any pictures? - Eric - 4/9/2007 5:48:43 PM
      - Granny called it "THE PIG" - carl - 4/9/2007 6:05:49 PM
    - re: Got any pictures? - carl - 4/9/2007 4:34:58 PM
- re: Zeppelins - TB - 4/9/2007 5:52:56 AM
  - re: Zeppelins - I know, but it's that 'hydrogen; factor... - Marcia - 4/9/2007 9:41:29 PM
    - Number one, new airships would use helium. - TB - 4/10/2007 2:02:31 AM
      - They had a lot of success with hydrogen. Didn't cause problems. - Bowser - 4/10/2007 2:37:53 AM
        
        I love these things. - TB - 4/10/2007 5:12:49 AM
        
        Zeppelin cruise ships - dtb - 4/10/2007 5:55:28 PM
        
        May be a large niche for them someday. - Bowser - 4/10/2007 5:21:12 PM
        
        re: I love these things. - Doug Ellison - 4/10/2007 11:43:36 AM
        
        Semi-Buoyant Airships - Peter Bruener - 4/10/2007 8:33:53 AM
        
        From what I've read, the concept has a lot of potential. - TB - 4/11/2007 8:56:31 PM
        
        re: Semi-Buoyant Airships - father earth - 4/11/2007 8:44:48 AM
        
        Uh oh... (n/t) - TB - 4/11/2007 8:55:20 PM
        
        If not for WWII and the Hindenberg... - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/10/2007 5:00:47 AM
    - re: Zeppelins - Make that...Unpredictable... - Marcia - 4/9/2007 10:14:06 PM
      - The Empire State Building and zepplins - . - 4/10/2007 3:07:40 PM
        
        EMPIRE Strikes BACK - carl - 4/10/2007 5:06:20 PM
        
        Zeppelin Airship Expedition Will Survey Sea Ice In The Arctic - . - 4/16/2007 2:09:17 PM

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