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World's largest airship is unveiled: Enormous aircraft backed by Google co-founder Sergey Brin measures 400 FEET long - almost twice the length of a Boeing 747
UK Daily Mail ^ | 11/27/2023 | William Hunter

Posted on 11/27/2023 1:21:51 PM PST by DFG

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To: DFG
The blimp uses approximately one million cubic feet of helium and 12 electric motors to achieve vertical take-off and speeds of up to 75mph (120km/h)... Its creators say that craft like this could one day reduce the carbon footprint of air travel and shipping.
They could solve "global warming" in a day by inflating this idiot craft with John Kerry's ego.
41 posted on 11/27/2023 2:47:17 PM PST by nicollo ("This is FR!")
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To: Vermont Lt
This is all I saw too.
While the Pathfinder 1 may one day carry tonnes (sp) of cargo over hundreds of miles, it is currently restricted to hovering a few feet off the ground.

42 posted on 11/27/2023 2:47:55 PM PST by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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To: Fireone

Yes, but the hope is that it will eventually carry many times more cargo with a significantly smaller carbon footprint and much lower operating costs/ton mile.


43 posted on 11/27/2023 2:48:39 PM PST by econjack
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To: PGR88

What if someone wants to go somewhere that’s upwind?

Fly all the way around the world and get there from the other side?

But hey, if it saves the earth one is all for it. /s


44 posted on 11/27/2023 2:55:17 PM PST by OKSooner (Be especially sure to take extra wool socks.)
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To: yelostar
Gematria is the ancient practice of coding numbers into letters, often to reveal meanings and connections that are not outwardly apparent.

Pathfinder One and The Hindenburg are exact matches in the four base Gematria ciphers.

Let's hope that Pathfinder One has a better fate than that other famous airship.


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45 posted on 11/27/2023 3:01:05 PM PST by yelostar (Spook codes 33 and 13. See them often in headlines and news stories. )
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To: DFG
Notice the adjectives they use. It is "vast" and "enormous" and "gargantuan."

And it is 1/2 the length, and thus ~1/8 of the volume of the Hindenburg. Journalists continue to make a laughingstock of their profession.

46 posted on 11/27/2023 3:02:30 PM PST by EnderWiggin1970
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To: DFG

I thought the world was runnng out of Helium.


47 posted on 11/27/2023 3:04:35 PM PST by parmamenian (and so it goes!)
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To: DFG
Its creators say that craft like this could one day reduce the carbon footprint of air travel and shipping.

As long as travelers don’t mind it taking six times longer to get where they’re going…

48 posted on 11/27/2023 3:12:58 PM PST by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell>)
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To: DFG

Thunderbird 6?


49 posted on 11/27/2023 3:42:30 PM PST by Zathras
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To: parmamenian

Nope, Texas is just stockpiling the bulk of it.

Carbon fiber stick frame is a wonderful conductor for lightening strikes...


50 posted on 11/27/2023 3:48:08 PM PST by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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To: Mr. Lucky

Hello to you as well.
What is the question?


51 posted on 11/27/2023 3:50:34 PM PST by Honest Nigerian
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To: Vendome

Nothing comes to mind, but thanks for asking.


52 posted on 11/27/2023 4:02:14 PM PST by Romulus
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To: wildcard_redneck
While the maximum airspeed might be 75 miles an hour with no wind there are differing air currents at different altitudes that can increase the speed quite a bit.

I've wondered what happens when there is a strong wind blowing in a direction that you don't want to go. It seems that it would take a huge amount of propulsion to overcome the effects of flying what is essentially a gigantic sail.

53 posted on 11/27/2023 4:07:42 PM PST by Colorado Doug (Now I know how the Indians felt to be sold out for a few beads and trinkets)
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Helium huh?

Where are they going to get enough helium to keep a huge fleet of blimps up if they shut down all the ‘fossil fuel’ production.

The vast majority of helium comes from natural gas wells.

Well maybe these Google geniuses can figure out some way to mine it from the Sun where it is vastly more plentiful than on earth.


54 posted on 11/27/2023 4:12:30 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: Steve Van Doorn

“I like big butts and I cannot lie”


55 posted on 11/27/2023 4:24:53 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: citizen

A hot air balloon that never ever needs to land. Have no idea what their intended purpose is for it… but that fact alone opens up possibilities other vehicles don’t.


56 posted on 11/27/2023 4:25:32 PM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: DFG

Helium is a non-renewable resource, found when digging up uranium and such.

So, yeah go ahead and waste it on some vanity project.


57 posted on 11/27/2023 4:27:04 PM PST by P.O.E. (Pray for America.)
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To: DFG

If you pnch a hole in the tail end, it will become supersonic, make a funny whistle, zoom in a twisty crazy path across the sky before landing on somebody`s house.


58 posted on 11/27/2023 4:31:43 PM PST by bunkerhill7 (Don't shoot until you see the whites of their lies)
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To: NorthMountain

Thermite. Mythbusters did a great segment on the disaster, isolating each of the contributing causes. The thermite paint was the biggest factor by far, and the recreation in scale was uncanny in its similarity to the real thing.


59 posted on 11/27/2023 4:44:00 PM PST by _longranger81
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To: HamiltonJay
They will certainly add LEDs at some point. As far as vanity projects go, this one might be very successful, and a fraction of the cost of a super yacht.


60 posted on 11/27/2023 4:57:05 PM PST by Reeses
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