They're Making A Comeback?
They're filled with gas and hot air -- but they're don't host talk shows. They were once popular, then diasaster struck. And there are attempts to bring them back again.
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Dean's World Defending the liberal tradition in history, science, and philosophy. |
I wish them luck...but the name is *really* dumb.
I'd LOVE to take a trip on one of those.
I always loved "the future" as envisioned by people in the 1930s. I want that future. Swooping wings on everything, art deco architecture, Zeppelins and personal helicopters...
Dean:
Excellent!
Dean: I share with you a love for the "retro" futures of the '30's, '40's, and '50's. Airships, flying cars, classic "rocket-ships" in glaring primary colors, city-sized skyscrapers...what William Gibson paid tribute to in his story "The Gernsback Continuum", and what Matt Groening affectionately spoofs in "Futurama".
Gotta run, I'm gonna be late for the 9:30 autogyro!
David Foster:
The name is really dumb? Zeppelin? That's a German name. The inventor or something. I think if they named them Steven Malcolm Anderson -- that would be *really*, *really* dumb! Fortunately, that's not too likely. ha! ha!
See John McPhee's book 'The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed' from the 1980s for a good discussion of lighter-than-air flight and design.
Sure would have made warfare a lot different, wouldn't it? Would YOU want to be the guy that dropped the A-Bomb from a Zepplin?