Zeppelins are making a comeback in American skies. It's a whole new (old) way to go from point a to point b. Zeppelins went away after "1937 when the LZ-129 Hindenburg — the largest airship ever built — caught fire and burst into flames in front of thousands of spectators in Lakehurst, N.J., killing 35 of 97 people on board." It wouldn't want to ride one either after that happened. In fact I don't really want to ride one now. It's incredibly slow. But for those people out there who want to ride one but are still afraid, the public is assured that "While the Hindenburg was fueled by flammable hydrogen, the modern version is kept aloft by nonflammable helium." It's a learning experience and they did an very good job fixing the problem.
My only question though is why? Why would you want to ride one? It's not as if it would be an epic journey. Zeppelins is basically a metaphor for slow. So, although there is new hype about their comeback, I find myself unamused.
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