Comment on Anon wants to ride a zeppelin

qevlarr@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• cynar@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It also had an aluminium skin, protected by an iron oxide paint. Those 2 are also the main ingredients in thermite. The skin burnt even faster and more impressively than the hydrogen.

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  • nxdefiant@startrek.website ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I wonder when hydrogen filled thermite balloon is going to make a comeback as a mode of transportation.

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    • Xanis@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      First to fly over the Atlantic?

      …anyone?

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• Telodzrum@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Is this why Nazis always have such deep voices in the movies?

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  • TheFerrango@lemmings.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes, this also resulted in the Germans having no sense of humour due to no funni voice gas

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• meowMix2525@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Do we even have enough helium to be using it in zeppelins though? I thought it was in shortage which is bad because it’s needed for medical and scientific purposes. Like we shouldn’t even be using it in balloons bad.

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  • UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The whole helium shortage thing was a misunderstanding that got blown up by the Internet.

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    • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Actually Helium doesn’t blow up.

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      • Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Except on the internet.

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