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Cargo Airships Are Happening

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220 points elidourado | 1 comments | 14 Oct 24 16:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source
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satisfice ◴[15 Oct 24 02:51 UTC] No.41844466[source]▶
The article said nothing about weather hazards or the fact that it’s a big fat target for a war drone to bring down.

It’s not just an easy target to hit, it’s a symbolic target.

Airships were abandoned because very large objects falling out of the sky did not appeal to the public… and too many of them fell.

Extremely severe weather brings down relatively tough aircraft, but once on the ground or in hangars they are relatively safe. Airships are flying cheesepuffs.

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MitPitt ◴[15 Oct 24 04:25 UTC] No.41844931[source]▶
> too many of them fell

How many of them fell? Tried searching this up and barely any fell. Very few deaths too.

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dudisubekti ◴[15 Oct 24 05:35 UTC] No.41845255[source]▶
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airship_accidents

This list is quite comprehensive I think

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1. hluska ◴[15 Oct 24 06:16 UTC] No.41845465[source]▶
That’s a good article. I found this one:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-8

The L-8/Ghost Blimp took off with a crew of two from San Francisco in 1942. They found an oil slick (which was the last time either crew member was known to be alive) and then drifted before it crash landed in front of a home in Daly City.

I had never heard of this event before now and it’s a heck of an interesting late night rabbit hole. Thanks for the link!