skyship007


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Whole lotta love for zeppelins

Posted Tue, Aug 31, 11:06 p.m.

Hi there, The US did have a monopoly on helium in the 30's but there are now vast rerserves in Russia and Algeria. Although the US has a very large helium reserve in Texas, most helium is obtained as a byproduct of the liquefaction of natural gas for shipping overseas. ...

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Whole lotta love for zeppelins

Posted Tue, Aug 31, 8:16 a.m.

Start of 2nd paragraph: It's a sausage-shaped dirigible based in California named Eureka. Hi folks, I think it's a very funny description, but the good folks at Airship Ventures with their Zeppelin NT may not agree. The Eureka as they call it, is a semi rigid airship, which is a ...

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