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very useful blimp (upload.wikimedia.org)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

heres the wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piasecki_PA-97_Helistat

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

TL;DR: Build quality was absolute shit and it literally shook itself apart on takeoff, killing 1 pilot and injuring 4 others

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Imagine being a test pilot and that's what takes you out.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Even the effective aircraft can be dangerous as fuck.

More pilots died on training flights with the Sopwith Camel (one of the most combat effective planes of WW1) than died in combat.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Lakehurst NJ has a rough track record when it comes to airships.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Drones can now do the loitering job of blimps but without being mumakil ass large.