Comment by HPsquared
2 days ago
How about airship tours? Not massively different to a train car in terms of pace, but with much more space and good line of sight for sightseeing and internet connectivity.
2 days ago
How about airship tours? Not massively different to a train car in terms of pace, but with much more space and good line of sight for sightseeing and internet connectivity.
Zeppelin is operating daily sightseeing flights in several areas of Germany https://zeppelinflug.de/en/zeppelin-flights
Hindenburg.
I know it's silly, but it was an instant mental blurt, and I can't be the only one.
Airship design has advanced since the Hindenburg. Notably, they don't use hydrogen anymore.
Actually it wasn't about the hydrogen that much. More like the hull painted with flammable stuff. With todays materials it couldn't have burned like that. So any airship design of today NOT using hydrogen is wasting buoyancy, and a rare (on earth) element, which could be put to use for more important things.
Out of irrational fear...
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My zeppelin will be hydrogen and will be named Hindenburg II.
You can all laugh at me if the inevitable occurs.
Just include some rocket escape pods.