[Misc] Zeppelins and other mighty, powerful obsolete things

[smillie's garden]

John Bonham: mighty, powerful, but certainly not obsolete

 

[smillie's garden]

Think that might be JB's member on the first LZ album cover, or is it Swansman's? TottonSeagull seems to be a fan of it...

 

[Winker]

An interesting fact about Zeppelins is that it took 250,000 cows to build one. Cows intestines were used to make the gas bags as they were impervious to hydrogen gas. Unfortunately for the Germans, this resulted in a shortage of bratwursts in WW1.

 

[MattBackHome]

I noticed to my surprise there's no thread about airships.

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Sure, they werent very safe etc but holy shit it must have been powerful seeing them!

Post your favorite airship thoughts as well as other obsolete fantastic things that we sadly dont get enjoy these days.

My GGGGrandmother (can't recall exactly how many Gs died in the first zeppelin raid on Yarmouth in 1915. I had thought that she was simply bombed, but it turns out she lived nearby and died as a result of 'cerebral hemmorage occasioned by the fright of the zeppelin attack' which makes it sound as if it was indeed a truly other-worldly experience - a real vision of the future. Suddenly, for the first time ever war was in 3D.

 

[cloud]

 

[Seasidesage]

I noticed to my surprise there's no thread about airships.

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Sure, they werent very safe etc but holy shit it must have been powerful seeing them!

Post your favorite airship thoughts as well as other obsolete fantastic things that we sadly dont get enjoy these days.

I always wondered what happened if the knot came undone? I've seen how mad a balloon goes at Christmas if you don't tie it up an airship must be MENTAL!!!

 

[KZNSeagull]

The airship mooring station at the top of the Empire State Building (which made it the world's tallest building at the time) was never used as it was too windy.

 

[Icy Gull]

I keep toying with the idea of buying a cocktail shaker like this

 

[rogersix]

Another attention seeking thread from the Swedish C.ock!

Sad

 

[big hilda]

A dead heat in a Zeppelin race was always a sight to behold.

 

[maffew]

I had no idea that was what a zeppolin was! Nor that they were used to navigate the globe for leisure as a flying hotel. Cool stuff!

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

 

[Eric Potts]

 

[GREASED WEASEL]

The R101 was covered some 5 years ago

By my good friend Gregory2,Smith1

 

[el punal]

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Dan Burn taking his dogs for a walk.

 

[Blue3]

John Bonham: mighty, powerful, but certainly not obsolete

I would say he's obsolete being dead and all

 

[smillie's garden]

I would say he's obsolete being dead and all

I suppose so, if you want to be a master of the bleeding obvious. However, he remains a hugely influential drummer, and his stellar playing is shown off well in the song wot I posted.

 

[jakarta]

I suppose so, if you want to be a master of the bleeding obvious. However, he remains a hugely influential drummer, and his stellar playing is shown off well in the song wot I posted.

An even better performance? Certainly a far more sampled one...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwiTs60VoTM

 

[Worried Man Blues]

The enormous Spruce Goose plane only flew once and then abandoned, and is on an island somewhere in the South, Gosport? ( I think!). Wingspan longer than a football pitch, photo anyone?

 

[marlowe]

The enormous Spruce Goose plane only flew once and then abandoned, and is on an island somewhere in the South, Gosport? ( I think!). Wingspan longer than a football pitch, photo anyone?