Hydrogen was imposed upon the German operators as helium was embargoed against Germany for political reasons.
Cheers, Lawry On Jan 2, 2014, at 2:33 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > See: > > http://news.cnet.com/2300-13576_3-10017501-4.html > > They are replacing the blimps with Zeppelin NTs designed by Zeppelin > Luftschifftechnik (ZLT) of Friedrichshafen, Germany. It is amazing that ZLT > is still in business after all this time. There have not been commercial > zeppelins since the Hindenburg as far as I know. > > The Hindenburg was a marvelous way to travel, by all accounts. Except for the > explosion. It was spacious, luxurious, quiet, and so smooth the crew would > leave a glass milk bottle upside-down in the foyer, and it would not topple > over the whole trip. It was so quiet, one passenger did not realize it was > airborne. She thought it had not left yet. > > Hydrogen was not a good choice. 22 civilian hydrogen airships exploded: > > http://www.airships.net/hydrogen-airship-accidents > > That is not counting the military zeppelins shot down during WWI, in bombing > raids over England. > > - Jed >
