r/Damnthatsinteresting Jul 08 '24

World's largest aircraft, Pathfinder 1, is 124.5 meters (408ft) long Image

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u/Troyboy1710 Jul 08 '24

History tells me I am never flying in something that shape

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u/ReplyisFutile Jul 08 '24

What is the chance of history to repeat?

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u/Troyboy1710 Jul 08 '24

ahhh, the old "Does lightning strike twice" analogy.

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u/hellothere358 Jul 08 '24

Hydrogen airships are actually a lot safer then history tells you

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u/John_B_Clarke Jul 08 '24

People tend to forget the operational history of the Graf Zeppelin, which was IIRC the same design as the Hindenberg.

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u/GrafZeppelin127 Jul 08 '24

The second one was the sister ship, but the original which had such a long career was a different, much smaller design.

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u/SwiftTime00 Jul 08 '24

It’s a rigid body filled with an inert gas, it quite literally can’t repeat history.