So about that Hindenburg...
(threadreaderapp.com)
You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread.
Comments (27)
sorted by:
This was quite the fascinating read.
I knew most of this stuff already, but somehow I never put it all together. Now I'm kicking myself for not seeing it.
Globally ditching an entire class of aircraft, overnight, because of one crash, that more than half of the people on board survived? God, just that sentence alone gets the noggin joggin', and yet I never drew the oil oligarch connection.
God damn.
This deserves to be covered by someone with reach.
It's a bit odd they abandoned it back then. Today, I don't think it would be competitive with jet travel. You're on it for so long, it's got the labor of nights in a hotel and many meals. Maybe it would work for people to enjoy the journey like a cruise ship?
People are trying to bring it back in the form of hybrid airships. In fact one of the Google founders had a hanger where he was working on one. Lockheed Martin created the technology demonstrator everyone is else copying.
https://www.straightlineaviation.com/hybrid-technology
That is applied towards cargo, but there are other companies aiming to operating cruise ships. I think cruising is the most likely market, while cargo will be delivered by SpaceX's Starship.
I would do an air cruise. Seems dope. Small boat tho. 20k a head and I get to check out the machinery. Sold
I don't think that's actually accurate. I watched something about the US developing airships to use as a sort of aircraft carrier in the sky, they put several into service, basically bad weather would always crash them.
edit: ran across the video on it -
https://youtu.be/VNOusZLO7y4