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| Airships must fly... Have you heard of the danger huge gas
bubbles
erupting from the sea bottom signify to ships? Ships don't float on air.
They sink. Balloons do, but I'd hate a sea landing in one of these
decorative wicker baskets. Navigating in balloons seems like a lot of fun,
even if one is at the mercy of the elements. Wanting to drift to Paris but
ending up in the Swiss Alps must have been appealing only to very special
personalities. Early balloonists didn't have satellite weather forecasts at
hand. Interestingly, in the 1920s balloon pilots were recruited from the
navy. Their airships carried anchors and ballast, and Zeppelins even
featured ship's telegraphs and a wheel stand on their spacious aerial
command bridge. L. 44.29 in. / 112.5 cm. W. 9.06 in. / 23.01 cm. H. 8.66 in. / 22 cm. |
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| AP170 | Authentic Models Zeppelin, 1937 | $335.00 |
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