What Happened To Airships? | Answers With Joe
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Publicado 2020-03-30
Airships took over the skies and imaginations of the early 20th century. They were a symbol of technological progress and a prosperous future. And then, they vanished. What happened? And why are they possibly making a comeback?
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_ballooning
www.thoughtco.com/history-of-airships-and-balloons…
science.howstuffworks.com/transport/flight/modern/…
www.airships.net/helium-hydrogen-airships/
www.businessinsider.com/hindenburg-airship-color-p…
www.nytimes.com/2010/ 09/26/realestate/26scapes.html?_r=0
R101
History channel doc on the R101: • Video
Old Movietone footage: • R101 Airship
Engineerguy: • Britain's Giant Airship: R.101
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airship_accidents
aeroscraft.com/fleet-copy/4580475518
www.hybridairvehicles.com/our-aircraft/airlander-1…
Todos los comentarios (21)
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More airships in the sky would make me feel like we’re living in Batman The Animated Series’ Gotham City, thus I’m all for airships.
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"unlike in a cruise ship, all this luxury has to float" Joe would get along well with the folks who built the Titanic.
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My Grandfather won a ticket for a ride in a Zeppelin for his 80th birthday and was SO happy and amazed. At the time of the Hindenburg Disaster he was 11 years old, so he remembered his Parents talking about it. My grandfather was an overall curious person, it always was fun to talk to him. =)
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I found your channel last night. I can't explain my glee in sufficient words. Your topics are lofty, history oriented, slightly macabre at times, but always so entertaining with your twist of humor and sarcasm. Your education exudes through your videos and I am a HUGE FAN now.
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The fact that the R101 scrap went into the Hindenburg is an amazing fact I never would have guessed. Brilliant.
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“But don’t worry, it was lined with asbestos, so it was TOTALLY safe.” 😆 Also, it’s insane that the same metal was used in two huge disasters.
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Iron Maiden's 18 minute song, Empire of the Clouds, tells the story of the R101 very well. Up the irons!
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"A crash course in ballooning..." Thank you, Joe.
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I always love airships. There are something really appealing in their retro futuristic feel and look. Thanks a lot Joe for this amazing video.
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A smoking room, encapsulated in asbestos, on an airship held aloft with a lot of flammable gas. Aristocrats: chuckles I'm in danger
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I lived in Albuquerque for a few years when I was in around 3rd through 5th grade or so. The balloon festival is amazing, even if you didn't actually go down to the festival grounds, you can see hundreds of balloons from all over the city. Also the balloon festival food was fantastic.
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The story about Ox stomachs sounds like a load of tripe to me.
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Igor Pasternak definitely *looks* like the kind of person that would say "Airships are the future!".
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In the 2000's there was a company in Germany, called Cargolifter. They wanted to build huge airships to carry huge loads aroud the globe - didn't work out unfortunately. They build one of the largest buildings in Europe to construct the things, there is now a waterpark in it. Interesting topic, though...
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My Great Uncle Kurt was an officer on the only Zeppelin shot down during The Great War. This occurred over Paris.
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“Slightly German” made me laugh. Thank you
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"An airship that uh... you might have heard of." Me: uh oh "The Hindenburg-" Me: UH OH
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"Basically a buncha of dudes pulling on ropes." - Even modern day sea-going ships and vessels, both civilian and military still do the exact same things to moor and dock pier-side. Even military replenish this ships while at sea, using a buncha dudes pulling on ropes.
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I just started learning to can my own fruits and vegetables, and the elevation of my house impacts the setting I have to use on my pressure canner. You talking about how water boils and evaporates differently with different amounts of air pressure provoked some thought for me about the science of that and how it affects how food can safely be canned. Neat :)
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The Hindenburg disaster actually has lots of fascinating aspects to it, including the materials used (flammable coating of the whole airship) and the cause of the spark likely being static-related. I think these would have deserved a mention here (because I love your content, but it often makes me ask "why did that happen?"), but there's also a great episode of Seconds from Disaster about it including an interview with one of the survivors.
