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Date:         Fri, 13 Aug 2004 19:07:43 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: Reminder (F) zeppelins
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>A weird observation - News today showed that Athens will have a bunch of
>Zeppelin hot air ballons to protect their airspace during the olympics !
>Environmentally correct but how efficient would that be against terrorists
>??


There hasn't been a zeppelin in existence for decades. What exist
today are blimps/dirigibles, nonrigid balloons. A zeppelin is rigid
and is not a balloon.


I wish someone would start building turboprop/turbojet-powered zeps
to compete with cruise ships... a zeppelin cruise would be unreal.
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut
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