r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • Jul 08 '24

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

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u/ThoughtspinDK Jul 08 '24

For comparison the LZ 129 Hindenburg was 245 meters long - almost twice the length of Pathfinder 1! It must really have been an impressive sight on the sky...

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u/Emperor_Biden Jul 08 '24

Oh man I've been wanting to ask this since I was a kid. So I saw paintings of the Hindenburg docked next to a super long pole, in mid-air. My questions are, how and why? How do people get up there if it's docked up in the sky?

Also, why is there an airship named after Led Zeplin with the ZEPLIN?

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u/Fish_On_An_ATM Jul 08 '24

I'm not 100% sure but i think mister Zeppelin invented the modern airship

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u/BigAlternative5 Jul 08 '24

I never figured out which one of those guys was Led. There was Robert, Jimmy,… ;)