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"JR1" (type35bugatti) 07/23/2014 at 07:57 • Filed to: Packard, Zeppelin, history

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I'd love to own that Packard sitting there in front of a airship that would dwarf even the largest 747. Anyone know what what powered these gigantic futuristic flying machines?

thebigbossyboss > JR1 07/23/2014 at 08:01

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Jayhawk Jake > JR1 07/23/2014 at 08:51

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The one you pictured is a Graf Zeppelin, I believe it's LZ 127, better known as the USS Los Angeles (Z.R.3).

It is powered by 5 Maybach V12s

JR1 > Jayhawk Jake 07/23/2014 at 08:56

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Very impressive. It's too bad they got perceived as dangerous. I would love to travel in one.

Jayhawk Jake > JR1 07/23/2014 at 09:00

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It's a shame that the hindenberg disaster is so famous, and was so epically bad. It was a tragedy, yes, but it would be a different story if, say, the bag just collapsed and it crashed in the ocean. The fact that it went up in huge flames and burnt to the ground in minutes with a man yelling 'Oh the humanity' has basically killed any hope for passenger zeppelins on that scale.

The Zeppelins were like cruise ships in the sky, and with modern technology you could make a pretty incredible flying cruise ship. I would love to take a sky cruise over the alps, for example, but it's never going to happen because even though modern dirigibles are very safe the general public just assumes they are all giant gas bombs just waiting to explode.

Cé hé sin > Jayhawk Jake 07/23/2014 at 09:59

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In pedantic news, it's an airship. There was only one Graf Zeppelin, which unlike many of its sister ships managed not to crash in flames.

Jayhawk Jake > Cé hé sin 07/23/2014 at 10:21

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There were two Graf Zeppelin named ships, LZ 127 and LZ 130

JR1 > Jayhawk Jake 07/23/2014 at 20:07

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That's kinda why I posted this. Kinda a what could have been moment for me.