Reply to post: Re: What a criminal waste of helium

Google Loon balloon crash lands in Chile

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Re: What a criminal waste of helium

"Watch the video of the Hindenburg again sometime, and remember that Hydrogen flames are nearly invisible."

much of what you see burning is actually the fabric skin, and the gasbags made from thousands of cow rumens. Presumably there was a fair bit of flammable varnished wood and fabric furnishing and decoration on board as well - those airships were finished to a luxury standard

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