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Giant helium-filled airship Airlander takes off for 1st time
Yahoo News ^
| 8/17/16
| Jill Lawless - AP
Posted on 08/17/2016 3:36:00 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
Holy Cow, looks like my mother in law’s rear end...
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posted on
08/17/2016 3:43:39 PM PDT
by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
To: NormsRevenge
OMG that thing is so ugly and funny looking. lol
To: NormsRevenge
It would appear that no one can see to the sides of it.
Only down.
Feh.. whats the point ?
Also, still quite a bit smaller than the Hindenburg.
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posted on
08/17/2016 3:44:45 PM PDT
by
Celerity
To: NormsRevenge
My ancient mother (age 98) remembers seeing the Graf Zeppelin when she was a girl in New Jersey. Can’t imagine what that must have looked like.
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posted on
08/17/2016 3:44:47 PM PDT
by
hanamizu
To: NormsRevenge
Speed 150km per hour?
Wow! That’s all of 93 Miles per hour!
They better hope these things do better in foul weather than they did the last time they tried this.
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posted on
08/17/2016 3:49:59 PM PDT
by
DJ Taylor
(Once again our country is at war, and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
To: DJ Taylor
This is helium correct, NOT Hydrogen, which made the Hindenburg burn so quickly...
Might be better this time around...
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posted on
08/17/2016 3:51:21 PM PDT
by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
To: NormsRevenge
Kristol needs to stop breathing in the ballast for this airship.
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posted on
08/17/2016 3:52:43 PM PDT
by
BigEdLB
(Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
08/17/2016 3:54:39 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: NormsRevenge
At least it's loaded with HELIUM.
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posted on
08/17/2016 3:55:05 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said? was let used as the NM reporter car)
To: NormsRevenge
Just to point it out. That first pic you posted is another something or a different time. No other pics show round fans on the bottom.
To: NormsRevenge
Just to remark to all the snarks: this idea has been going on for a long time. My dad helped some in some early airship development for mil purposes.
There are always advantages. They don’t try this without some kind of good reason.
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posted on
08/17/2016 3:58:59 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
08/17/2016 4:02:57 PM PDT
by
Arm_Bears
(Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
To: NFHale
"Might be better this time around..." Google USS Akron and USS Macon. They were also Helium filled but were unable to survive foul weather. After the USS Akron and USS Macon crashed in foul weather and lost their entire crews, the USS Los Angeles was grounded and never flew again.
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posted on
08/17/2016 4:03:20 PM PDT
by
DJ Taylor
(Once again our country is at war, and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
To: DJ Taylor
Today’s radar and electronics would definitely help avoid bad weather. Flying it into a battlefield under small arms fire sounds pretty exciting though.
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
08/17/2016 4:09:15 PM PDT
by
Sirius Lee
(If Trump loses, America dies)
To: WhoisAlanGreenspan?
good catch. ;-) futuristic ..
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