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Thunderbird 2 is go! Gigantic amphibious airship which could revolutionise air travel..
UK Daily Mail ^
| September 11, 2013
| Staff
Posted on 09/11/2013 5:16:51 AM PDT by C19fan
Zeppelins were once considered the future of air transport - but after the horror of the Hindenburg disaster, they disappeared from the skies for more than 75 years. Now a pioneering aviation firm hopes to bring back the airships in a bid to revolutionise the global market in transporting freight. The Aeroscraft is built using innovative technology which allows it to control its flight better than previous airships, so it should avoid the problems experienced by the first generation of zeppelins.
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TOPICS: Science; Travel; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: zeppelin
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Really neat looking.
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posted on
09/11/2013 5:16:51 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
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posted on
09/11/2013 5:21:01 AM PDT
by
kinsman redeemer
(The real enemy seeks to devour what is good.)
To: kinsman redeemer
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posted on
09/11/2013 5:22:14 AM PDT
by
kinsman redeemer
(The real enemy seeks to devour what is good.)
To: C19fan
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posted on
09/11/2013 5:25:20 AM PDT
by
KC_Lion
(Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.-Sarah Palin)
To: C19fan
115 MPH IAS top end. About like our old Aeronca Champ on a good day.
Will require good flight planning for winds aloft.
Be really cool for heavy lifting jobs too - like bridge structures *IF* it can hover well. (vs. the Sky Crane)
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posted on
09/11/2013 5:25:32 AM PDT
by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
To: C19fan
[In the photos with the article] The guy on the left was a crewman on the Hindenburg, wasn’t he?
;-)
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posted on
09/11/2013 5:29:32 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos...)
To: C19fan
It would be neater if they had one which could move oil rigs...without the assembly and disassembly of the truck portable units we have now.
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posted on
09/11/2013 5:30:21 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: C19fan
I can see these being very useful for disaster relief.
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posted on
09/11/2013 5:32:57 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos...)
To: C19fan
Its feet and belly button are kind of cute. I’d feel a little better if it didn’t fly with its eyes closed.
To: C19fan
but after the horror of the Hindenburg disaster, they disappeared from the skies for more than 75 years
Blatantly stupid and ignorant journalists are a scourge.
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posted on
09/11/2013 5:55:27 AM PDT
by
TalonDJ
To: kinsman redeemer
The location is the former Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) in Tustin, CA and these hangers were originally for the Naval/Marine Blimps. Base was closed in 1999.
blimp tethered outside blimp hangar. (may not be Tustin)
Navy K-class blimps are stored in a Tustin hangar circa 1942.
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posted on
09/11/2013 6:04:36 AM PDT
by
SES1066
(To expect courteous government is insanity!)
To: C19fan
What's the word?
Thunderbird!
To: C19fan
I hope it is successful. I’d love to travel by airship.
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posted on
09/11/2013 6:29:18 AM PDT
by
Little Ray
(How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
To: BipolarBob
"What's the word? Thunderbird!" Whats the price?
30 twice!
This was the refrain on "Thunderbird" wine in the 60's (I do believe I've just time dated myself). :O)
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posted on
09/11/2013 6:30:54 AM PDT
by
Old Badger
(Don't bother me! I still like Palin because she will tell like it is!)
To: kinsman redeemer
Could have been very useful addition to the logistics package for afganistan. 250 metric tonnes for the largest version, might take 10 trucks off the road.
To: Kaisersrsic
Its a big target that moves too slow militarily.
But for civilian cargo ut looks efficient, especially for things like oil rigs as suggested by another poster, or storage tanks and large hvac units for commercial buildings. Or prefabricated houses.
All those things difficult to move on the roadways.
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posted on
09/11/2013 6:41:42 AM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
To: kinsman redeemer
Great. Now all a terrorist hijacker needs is a hang-glider and a pin to send thousands of Americans to their death. Who the EFF thought
this was a good idea?
LMAO!!!!
8^D
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posted on
09/11/2013 6:45:46 AM PDT
by
Gargantua
("Da amber lamps. Bring dem..." LMFFAO!!!!)
To: C19fan
To: C19fan
Have you heard? What’s the word? It’s Thunderbird.
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posted on
09/11/2013 7:39:14 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Old Badger
My reference is from ZZ Top Fandango.
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posted on
09/11/2013 7:40:40 AM PDT
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dfwgator
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