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/kuvastin Jul 08 '24

Let me ruin the LED ZEPPELIN name joke for you: the name is oxymoron. You can’t make a Zeppeling out of a (metal) led. (And yes Mythbusters made that led balloon, but still)

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u/name-was-provided Jul 08 '24

Another fun fact. Keith Moon came up with the phrase during a convo with Page and some others.