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To: Kartographer
These navy dirigibles all succumbed to thunderstorms. The dirigible was a great concept, but a bit ahead of its time in an era without modern materials or weather radar.

I wish passenger zeppelins would make a comeback.

9 posted on 02/11/2010 12:50:45 PM PST by Spirochete (Texas is an anagram for Taxes)
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To: Spirochete
I wish passenger zeppelins would make a comeback.

I wish Led Zeppelin would make a comeback

10 posted on 02/11/2010 12:57:28 PM PST by DCBurgess58 (In a Capitalist society, men exploit other men. In a Communist society it's exactly the opposite.)
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To: Spirochete
These navy dirigibles all succumbed to thunderstorms.

USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) did not crash, and had a successful career. She did, however, have one notable incident...


18 posted on 02/11/2010 7:59:16 PM PST by GreenLanternCorps ("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Jimmy Carter".)
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