Of course the luxury zeplin offered many fine entertainments, such as indoor golf and wing dining on their miniature shuttles.
and who can resist the urge to watch the Aero-Jousting Bouts?
Posted on 11/19/2017 8:38:06 AM PST by infool7
The world's longest aircraft has collapsed to the ground less than 24 hours after a successful test flight. The Airlander 10 - a combination of a plane and an airship - was seen to "break in two" at an airfield in Bedfordshire, an eyewitness said. "it appeared the Airlander broke free from its mooring mast, triggering a safety system which deflates the aircraft." Two people on the ground suffered minor injuries.
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I agree good science is a legitimate use for government funds keeping those in government honest is a different story.
Of course the luxury zeplin offered many fine entertainments, such as indoor golf and wing dining on their miniature shuttles.
and who can resist the urge to watch the Aero-Jousting Bouts?
Wow 42 replies and not one “That’ll buff right out” comment.
“keeping those in government honest is a different story.”
A story, which has been unfolding on this site for many years — and will probably be THE never-ending story.
AssAir
Cool! They can just bomb people's orders directly down on their house!
Thanks!
I see airships have not gotten easier to handle in the last hundred years.
My son just pointed out that many warehouses are reluctant to stack pallets on racks more than five high, 40K feet is out of the question.
Unrelated butt: I had an experience at a previous job where one of the logistics hubs fell way( and I am talking way) behind. Management went insane scrambling to get freight moved through the system. They were flying in (even semi) experienced lift truck drivers some just for a few hours to fill all of the shifts. They had the wrong size forks for their fork lifts and the drivers would accidentally push the pallets on the other side of the rack, off the top this was a huge warehouse and there would be a crash with pallets exploding on the floor almost every two minutes. I kept my eyes to the skies walking thru there.
There are several youtube videos of fork lift drivers causing domino effects with warehouses full of vodka
Wow, talk about recursive shrinkage. The first domino was probably just a few swigs.
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