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Zeppelin Flies Again

Posted by Hemos on from the taking-to-the-air dept.

rakerman writes "The Globe and Mail reports Japanese firm buys first new-look Zeppelin. "Makers of the revived Zeppelin airship delivered their first helium-filled craft to a commercial user Saturday, a Japanese company that plans to use the 12-seat craft for sightseeing trips and advertising." They call themselves Zeppelin-NT, or as the Germans say "Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik GmbH"."

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  1. 12 Passengers? by slusich · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Sounds like those are going to have to be some very pricey tickets. They'd have to be with only 12 passengers for each flight.

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  2. Re:Oh the humanity! by Microlith · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Thankfully, this time the outer surface isn't coated in ROCKET FUEL with a nice HYDROGEN supply beneath.

  3. Re:It's about time by banzai51 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Plus there was this thing called the airplane that came along and did all the same things that blimps did, but better.

  4. Re:Article has errors by hanssprudel · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Also, as it seems I was the last /.er to learn last time, the Hindenburg was caused by the doping material which was rocket fuel (and photo's of the time exaggerated the look of the explosion).

    The thing is though, you are never actually the last person here to learn something. In fact, I think one needs to formulate some sort of law that no matter how many times something is pointed out, only a minority of the people here will know it, and one of them will get a +5 for explaining it next time.

    Thus every X-Prize story has to have somebody explain that to actually orbit the earth, it isn't enough to get above the atmosphere, you also need a shitload of speed to keep you from falling straight down. And every story about airships, starting from God knows when, has to contain somebody explaining that it wasn't the hydrogen that ignited on the Hindeberg. You are welcome to your +5...