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Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Balloons and Gas (WAS: ridge vent as antenna?)
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Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 12:08 PM
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Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Balloons and Gas (WAS: ridge vent as antenna?)
Jim, N2EY wrote:
Dirigibles/z
Jim, N2EY wrote:
Dirigibles/zeppelins couldn't go high enough to get above bad weather, nor
fast enough to outrun/outflank it. Nor could they be made rugged enough to
go through bad weather without being so heavy they'd not have much
payload...
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Ah, but the Zeppe
OK, I'll put on the alternative-history cap for a moment.
I don't think it would have made much difference in the long term.
Lighter-than-air aviation technology was somewhat ahead in the 1930s. But
heavier-than-air caught up rapidly, and never looked back.
Dirigibles/zeppelins couldn't g
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