The Failed History of the Zepellin

The Rigid Airship (Or Zeppelin) gets a bad wrap. And for good reason, it was never actually ever good. The Hindenburg was not the outlier in a long history of booming balloons.
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[@firstcynic92]

Who wouldn't want to ride an explody death machine?

[@3uujh656]

First Cynic I would.

[@elderberries4840]

Tbh if I could smoke on it I would

[@theminipetabyte4610]

Elderberries On the Hindenburg you could smoke and dine with top notch food and the best linens in the world! All burnt but still the best of the burnt!

[@elderberries4840]

I'd probably be the supposed child that had the toy that sparked and blew the things into flames. actually there are a lot of theories on how it caught fire...so idk lol

[@TheManofthecross]

one of those was basically sabatoge that took out the thing.

[@bstinson4119]

I imagine the Hindenburg realized it was in New Jersey and committed suicide.

[@johnhandzlik659]

B Stinson Hahaha as someone how lived once in new Jersey I agree . and just imagine what it would do if it was in Florida

[@tidanbalasingam]

John Handzlik it would retire to a quiet suburb and complain about politics.

[@johnhandzlik659]

Tidan Balasingam men I wish Florida was that nice that place is weird

[@BOOMProductionsOfficial]

Imagine what it would do if it found itself in Detroit.

[@johnhandzlik659]

Times Animated Studios all off the Zeppelin would be stolen and sold for crack

[@dalemonshateu6948]

Directed by Michael Bay

[@olliegoria]

I have to admit I’ve never seen someone sum up the Zeppelin in four words before. Bravo.

[@nuclearbomb9483]

I hate you pfp.

[@smoltime4552]

#minorInhibition??? Absolutely not.

[@TempestRequiem0]

I've summarized the video for the lazy: "...and then it burst into flames"

[@BigBangAttack-mt6pz]

Impatient* a lazy person would probably not care

[@the_real_Kurt_Yarish]

At this point, I'm surprised Count von Zeppelin himself didn't burst into flames.

[@thurin84]

yeah, wouldnt it have been fitting if hed died from spontaneous human combustion?

[@creativeusername6453]

Kurt Yarish wife: how did he die? doctor: he was knocked over by a strong gust of wind and he suddenly burst into flames

[@x40battlefield27]

Lol

[@TheTrueMichael]

Maybe he did and it's not public...

[@neo123321]

creative username 😂

[@DeadBaron]

The Zeppelins would have been amazing if we had a way to produce Helium easier than Hydrogen. With modern weather radar and guidance systems, imagine being on a flying cruise ship that could sail literally wherever you want on Earth.

[@SteveIsHavingMC]

we kinda have planes that do that, more efficiently too.

[@jaredtheurer6309]

The Creep Helium is a very scarce resource that must be bottled as it leaks out of decaying rocks. There is no chemical way to make it, so finding some other gas lighter than air would be better. water vapor, methane, neon, nitrogen, and ammonia could work, but I like the idea of a neon airship the most

[@BrySchec]

The Germans couldn't get helium and had to use hydrogen because before WW2, the U.S. wouldn't trade helium in case it was used against them in the state if war.

[@kamielheeres8687]

That's actually the point. Airships are in fact more fuel efficient than planes. It has about the same fuel efficency as water ships, but can traverse over land. It would therefore be especially useful for large sparsely populated countries like canada and russia.

[@debott4538]

The problem with helium is that it's a lot heavier than hydrogen. Thus less cargo capacity. Those Hydrogen Zeppelins were truly massive. I don't think a simmilar ony based on helium is possible.

[@stlchucko]

“The golden age of zeppelins” Well... Fire is kinda golden.

[@alexmorris6954]

Zeppelins are on the stairway to heaven now

[@miamiwendigo]

They were the stair way to haven

[@lordkarasu2263]

Alex Morris they would be, but they’re far too heavy being made of lead.

[@MyLeg_Fred]

Before it bursted into flames.

[@gtripmusic2906]

Led Zeppelin IV was also their most critically acclaimed album

[@globohomoenjoyer69]

They were and still are always on the stairway to hell

[@Collymillad]

It's a shame Zeppelins never took off, always liked the idea of them floating about and docking at Skyscrapers etc, woulda been cool. I mean tell me 9:40 doesn't look great.

[@ac14pc]

TheMostTenderOfLovers zeppelins took of a lot of times. But I guess it would be a Blast if they were around

[@Appletank8]

Can't take a walk in something steampunk without mashing your face into an airship.

[@marvelfannumber1]

Docking on Skyscrapers was considered, for example the Empire State Building to this day retains it's "mooring mast", however I don't think that would have ever worked. They tried mooring a small Zeppelin on the top twice, and both times they encountered the same problem. The building is too thin to accurately moor it and it's so high up that the wind makes it close to impossibile for the damn Zeppelin to stay still. Not to mention that a single accident would be disasterous.

[@the_real_Kurt_Yarish]

But I thought "taking off" was exactly what Zeppelins were supposed to do....

[@ac14pc]

Kurt Yarish it's not so much about taking people off the ground, it's more about making sure they get back to the ground; in one piece.

[@knowledgehusk]

This is why I wish BF1 was more historically accurate

[@inbredalice3697]

Haha Now upload part 2 you fuck.

[@blackbear5962]

KnowledgeHub were is part 3

[@bensugden1314]

KnowledgeHub still waiting for ww1part two ;-; glory to germany

[@NuclearWinter2110]

KnowledgeHub bloody New Jersey - always ruining everything! :) Alternate History idea - aircraft are never developed or never develop as much as in our timeline (perhaps due to large number of crashes, Key figures die early) and so Zeppelins are the prominent form of air travel - now how about that?

[@rigatonithetiger9986]

Micky SBConrick Man I really wish doctors could revive my mom who died of cancer with their magic instant- revive self sterilizing hypodermic syringe

[@jamescarmody4713]

Don't forget about R101, Britain's last great airship which, you guessed it, burst into flames on its first voyage to India.

[@hallamhal]

Yeah, I was surprised this was entirely omitted

[@user-qo4xz8ix9n]

Yeah, these really are great funerals

[@waldothewalrus294]

Iron Maiden's Empire of the Clouds is a masterpiece of a song that details its voyage.

[@jflight1691]

I laugh at that intro EVERY TIME. "And god's wrath killed the Oldsmobile" Hahahahaha!

[@yourmom283]

Yes

[@ericwang9348]

A friendly behemoth is on route. Oh wait it burst into flames in the hangar. Sorry guys.

[@BigBoss-sm9xj]

The Walrus Cuber XD

[@Avionicx]

The Walrus Cuber well shit!

[@cheese6039]

*facepalm*

[@alfonso8582]

8:34 You could say the industry went... *up in flames!!*

[@SlendHQ]

... That joke *crashed* a long time ago.

[@dave5194]

ctrexrhino c'mon guys, let it *die* already

[@l1ttlelight]

David -flamingsword1 Ya almost had it.

[@kneeslasher1171]

Okay that was good one i got to admit that

[@locke180]

ctrexrhino yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaàaaaaaaaaa

[@smegajo4614]

*zeppelin goes up one centermeter * hey were doing i- *Expoldes*

[@faolan1686]

"Before bursting into flames" I'm noticing a pattern here.

[@user-zp8ei6pi7p]

If you don't succeed the first time, try 9 more times.

[@andrewhero9845]

B *battle of isonzo*

[@jimipster]

Like communism?

[@metallPAUL]

like Luigi Cadorna?

[@hall9OOOl]

Like Elon Musk.

[@danese1636]

Expecting each time to burst into flames!

[@wastingandtime7388]

I can just imagine a crowd of German people clapping when the zeppelin crashed into a tree

[@owynpeschke5964]

Wasting And Time are we sure it wasn’t Australia?

[@HPayne62]

Now we have the Goodyear blimp and Led Zeppelin.

[@Larry]

Oh, the humanity!

[@chairman_quartz8402]

Larry Bundy Jr I can hear your voice in this comment

[@omskc_gb4728]

Woah it's you

[@sharkestry1119]

HOI4

[@kaiservonpanzer213]

As a Hearts of Iron 4 player I can confirm... That the Hindenburg survived.

[@bouncingshot]

I love how he said that the back motors are just enough to keep it flying right before the hindenburg caught fire

[@DEKZFilms]

We've all played Battlefield we know the zeppelin crashes a lot

[@dango6266]

Sammich Nuff said yes.

[@icecreamdrought]

Chad Tropic Ayy chadtronic fan much?

[@mcray0309]

Chad Tropic u have such a bro name

[@Paddy656]

I haven't I'm poor

[@NerevarOfficialReal]

Battlefield 1? That piece of shit "WW1" shooter?

[@KrazeeCain]

God I so wish zeppelins weren't floaty explodey machines, they're so cool.

[@warlynx5644]

Main think was that Germany didn’t have access to Helium, so they used Hydrogen instead.

[@Icetea-2000]

They aren’t doomed to explode. If we could just rebuild the Hindenburg today with HELIUM, then it would actually be pretty cool

[@mrjohn7818]

If I were to build it I'll make it bigger and better equipped WITH ATOMIC BOMBS AND BRING DOOM TO RUSSIANS WHO THREATEN US

[@mrjohn7818]

@jaydee040 oh yeah it's America

[@jacobmcbride9585]

@@Icetea-2000 It actually couldn't have floated if it were filled with helium.

[@TheHero136]

At least they are more effective than the bombers in The Last Jedi!

[@TheSecondVersion]

You mean the ones that.... *burst into flames*

[@JK-sm7ni]

"I gotta roll I can't stand still Got a flamin' heart can't get my fill With eyes that shine, burnin' red Dreams of you all through my head"

[@solarissamaris8971]

Zeppelin vs 1000 degree knife

[@irgendeinerirgendwo8420]

You figured out how the Hindenburg incident really was. Mr Gear threw his glowing 1000 degree knife at the Hindenburg

[@gnochhuos645]

Zeppelin vs hydraulic press

[@Mikimaki7267]

Vietnam Mapper he somehow spontaneously combust and burned the press

[@tiaxanderson9725]

I was about to comment how overkill that would be, but turns out (with the lack of units in your comment) hydrogen ignites at 997 °F.

[@cheese6039]

Uhhh.... No.

[@batsmetal8106]

Isn't it funny how the only ever successful zeppelin was made of Led?

[@hrgrhrhhr]

HMMMM 🤔

[@liberalthefirst7743]

LED ZEPPELIN

[@Parnoli_seen]

Now this is good

[@g.h.4408]

You should do "what if the Hindenburg didn't crash"

[@yorick22]

G. H. We would all be riding in big explody floaty things

[@netbotcl586]

airplane would still be dominant. everybody realized flaws of airship, and airplanes can carry more payload and faster.

[@yorick22]

Grevyalres X you do make a point

[@lordkarasu2263]

Grevyalres X yes but the rich hipsters though...

[@xoxo94]

If u put helium in it would it still explode

[@MrGksarathy]

Main theme of this video: "Burst into flame."

[@ontariohvac]

Airplanes have killed a few people too. In my opinion, the agony of immolation while plunging in horror hundreds of feet to a bone shattering climax is an entirely acceptable risk if one would travel the planet in such wonderful, civilized style - and besides, since exit we inevitably must, then make it one hell of an exit. That, or face a fate worse than death - to land in New Jersey.

[@Le-eu4bf]

Well duh airplanes existed for much longer than zeppelin.

[@taxinvasion260]

Fuckers lit a bic in one of the tanks after waking up and realizing they'd be dropped off in New Jersey.

[@zeehero7280]

California is much worse.

[@petrospetromixos6962]

they dont want people to move freely it was banned on purpose

[@SimonNZ6969]

Gotta respect their determination.

[@AltaryaDeFlammes1996]

If only they had helium....

[@SimonNZ6969]

Yeah, if they were all talking funny nobody would have taken them seriously. Thus they'd never be funded in the first place...

[@troodon1096]

There's a difference between determination and being too stupid to know when to quit.

[@Pidpie]

Stay determined. --Genderless Child

[@SimonNZ6969]

Troodon Well they do look kind of sick, so I can't blame them for trying.

[@foxloaf8843]

the failed history of the toyota corolla

[@greynolds17]

the corolla did good tho

[@unlimitedvoices7604]

Tofu dorifto ae86 chinese cartoons

[@futurefirefighter9976]

@@unlimitedvoices7604 Running in the 90s intensifies

[@k-874]

TheKittyQueen *REAL LIFE LORE FANS ARE TRIGGERED*

[@johndexterzarate6663]

" *Kirov reporting.* " And so a military base bursts to flames.

[@MrTohawk]

Even Led Zeppelin is an exploding death machine.

[@marvelfannumber1]

You know, they may have been massive, impractical death machines. But GOD DAMN do they look awesome!

[@2risquejunior538]

marvelfannumber1 are they lighting specialists?

[@diegomorett142]

Didn't he release Houses of the Holy after LZ4?

[@BrandonCuringtonOfficial]

Hahahahahaha

[@AdrianRodriguez-ko3ic]

Aaaah a man of culture i see

[@therock-a-roller]

Yeah I was confused I don't remember Led Zeppelin making a 10th album

[@sleep3417]

This man deserves some credit for being so persistent with designing these exploding death machines.

[@nohbuddy1]

However a Led Zeppelin will always be a great choice

[@coleschofield4044]

Nah, god save queen

[@jacobgonet5071]

Lightwave Stimulus how bout both?

[@edgarcardiffscpreadermemes366]

*_all three_*

[@officialidiot6697]

led zeppelins name came from there manger telling that a project will "crash like a lead zeppelin"

[@brokkrep]

“that'll go down like a lead balloon", it wasnt actually Lead Zeppelin it was Lead Balloon.

[@demonbot6617]

Hinderburg dies > kills airships Titanic dies > Oh well, ships are a thing.

[@Poctyk]

Space Ninja because spoiler alert. Shops have being with us for 1000th of years, and we haven't found a better way to transport cargo than by water

[@demonbot6617]

Ростислав Несисюк by Air and trains

[@Poctyk]

Space Ninja Air is only faster but not better. Water transportation is the cheapest of them all. Trains are only useful if there are no water sources nearby.

[@troodon1096]

Even allowing for the Titanic (which isn't even the worst death toll on a ship) ships still had a better success rate than airships ever had. And the Titanic sank because it crashed into an iceberg, not because of any inherent flaws with ships in feneral.

[@badbeardbill9956]

Airships had a low success rate because they were never allowed to come into their own. WWII got in the way. Ships were far more mature as a technology than airships. And no, there aren't any inherent flaws. There are reasons the Hindenburg burned up, yes, but most deaths were caused by falling.

[@Zelein]

"By 1928, airships were offering flights across the atlantic." (artist's rendition of the Atlantic Ocean) - LOL

[@mgpmisterk2322]

When we make our way to the moon and start having access to more helium (there's quite a bit on the moon), I can see airships becoming a favored mode of transport again on other worlds(not the moon obviously), materials are lightweight, fuel is efficient(we could even use electric propeller engines, which also means they could be solar powered), and they could stay in the air for a considerably long time, and land relatively easy if they need to, planes seem unsafe for places like Mars, especially with the thinner atmosphere

[@conclon3_246]

We need airships today, not because they are efficient or good but because they are cool

[@jeffmiller8053]

Well i live 20 miles from Friedrichshafen in Germany (where Zeppelin lived) and i see Zeppelins for tourists every day

[@stephaniesummer2663]

D3qTV _ Have fun burning!

[@stephaniesummer2663]

tree fiddy Hell yeah!

[@FreshAsianSwagg]

You shall die Airships can provide luxury as if it were a cruise liner, but in a way that’s in the air and in a quicker way as well. They provide the transportation Planes give you, but the space and luxury a Ship/ocean liner can provide as well. All you have to do is use helium, and make sure maintenance is on point. Of course improve on the technology as well. Many planes are faulty today, as well as ships. If airships become a thing again they will also of course be faulty, but this isn’t something we should fear.

[@stephaniesummer2663]

Tony Ravioli It was a joke and we are rapidly running out of helium so that’s also a problem.

[@gingyburticus6805]

It would be friggin rad though to have flying battleships

[@WayneMoyer]

They use them as aircraft carriers in the US Navy and they worked quite well.

[@slyrooster1241]

Gingy Burticus you need to watch last exile good anime

[@namingisdifficult408]

slyrooster1241 I shall consider it

[@TheNinjaDC]

US Navy developed Airships that could launch biplanes. Rather cool crafts, that unfortunately ran into bad weather in the testing phase and were destroyed. They didn't explode though!

[@cheese6039]

They were giant super long range not-so strategic bombers. They flew above the range of anti aircraft guns, too.

[@mishtletsatsomoka4944]

*I was the whole video just wating for the news guy shouting "Oh the humanity!" :c*

[@y33t23]

The Zeppelin was the Concorde of the early 20th Century. Fastest in getting people over the Atlantic, but a bit more "crashy" than other means of transport.

[@bj.bruner]

Lead (Led) + Zeppelin= amazing '70s band whose legacy continues today

[@jrosa__]

ah Zeppelins, a story of failure that end up in...failure.

[@johnhandzlik659]

Lord Nox yeap but adleast they give as a cool name for a band

[@troodon1096]

It's not really surprising that the Zeppelin failed. What's surprising is how long it took.

[@johnhandzlik659]

seth mulholland it was a joke I didn't mean it for real

[@badbeardbill9956]

Ah, Zeppelins. A story of how war fucks everyone's dreams up. And how Nazis can make you have a bad day. Let's look at the evidence. In the late 30s, there was another Hindenburg-class Zeppelin, the LZ 130, and yet another under construction. Not to mention the LZ 127, which is the most successful Zeppelin. After the Hindenburg, the US was about to give helium to the Germans to fly the LZ 130 commercially, but then the Nazis decided to be expansionist, and the US refused. Even so, another Zeppelin was being built, the LZ 131. It would've bigger than the Hindenburg. So what happened? The Nazis did. Hugo Eckener certainly didn't like them, and he was the leader of the Zeppelin construction company. In 1940, the LZ 127, LZ 130, and the under construction LZ 131 were scrapped by order of the Nazis. The Hindenburg didn't kill the Zeppelin. It was the Nazis and WWII.

[@thurin84]

this week on "behind the hydrogen"...............

[@radical3868]

It's SUCH a cool idea. I want something like the Prydwen from Fallout 4 to exist but even it that game it's weak and dangerous.

[@ultimatestoryteller]

Imagine a Zeppelin trying to start the 9/11 .

[@someorclad9738]

It would most likely burst into flames before even reaching near its target. Yet if it did reached its target, it would look like god's wrath indeed... ...Then possibly burst into flames.

[@netbotcl586]

Hydrogen can't smelt steel beams!

[@user-si5fm8ql3c]

@@netbotcl586 it could bring it very close to melting, and destabilise it

[@netbotcl586]

@@user-si5fm8ql3c I know; I was joking there.

[@joelfortin6634]

@@netbotcl586 if there was youtube gold (like reddit gold) and I had it I would give it to you

[@lordoftea2753]

Well, with modern technology, I am fairly certain the airships could make a comeback.

[@jennifersharp9713]

Lord of Tea Hey I remember you, you had some conversation about aliens or something right?

[@lordoftea2753]

Indeed, Jennifer, I did, except instead of talking about aliens, I was talking to the alien.

[@pithhelmet3717]

Lord of Tea reading you comment (among others) makes me happy knowing I'm not the only one who believes that zeppelins could make a comeback in the next couple decades or so.

[@lordoftea2753]

But of course, with the recent technology we have, airships would be able to have a much better armour, one that could defend itself against incendiary rounds. Now, the problem with zeppelins was that when everybody knew they could fail miserably, no one but Mr. Zeppelin tried to create a better version. When planes arrived, each plane that was created was better than the last, not a copy with some minor details, like zeppelins.

[@lordoftea2753]

Ahh, but, instead of helium, which is still rather expensive for the creation of very big airships, specifically those made for war (imagine having to refill the chamber everytime the helium escapes for some reason or another. It is not profitable), we could use thermal power, and steam power, as well, to lift the airships. You see, many modern airships, instead of helium, heat up the air inside the balloon, causing it to lift up, just like normal helium would. Now, I am very sure that this lift is not as strong as hydrogen or helium, but using steam power to heat up the air is a much more simple and economic way of creating airships, for civilian and military use.

[@AlternateApex3838]

BUSH DID ZEPPELIN EXPLOSIONS

[@AlternateApex3838]

and hindenburg

[@ottlakafka3409]

rievaulx zepplin fuel melts steal beams

[@randy312]

John-Rosalinde Cenakartoffel p

[@whatshappeninganymore2473]

rievaulx I fucking knew it!

[@troodon1096]

Considering he wasn't born yet when the Hindenburg blew up, I'd say he has a pretty solid alibi.

[@Utonian21]

Fun fact: The top of the Empire State Building was designed to be a docking area for Zepellins, but it didn't work out due to strong winds.

[@elchungo5026]

"And gods wrath killed the Oldsmobile" LOL

[@mestre12]

man. Zepplins where doomed to fail from the start.

[@ggripen]

How did you fail to spell "Zeppelin", it literally says it in the title?!

[@rurushu8094]

Abbe Don't computers and phones have spellcheck these days?

[@zanerkindardis8978]

Chin Chin The Dark Lord never mind that why does this comment have so many likes

[@Fortzon]

no if they had filled them up with Helium. Nowadays it's easier to find it.

[@weldonwin]

Yeah, but that that time, there were only two known sources of Helium in the world and they were both in the US, which refused to sell it to Germany, because of the beleived military uses of airships.

[@MohammedMuaawia]

Zepellin was the first insane gamer, trying the same thing and expecting different results. Use helium for God's sake!

[@irgendeinerirgendwo8420]

America didn't sell helium to germany

[@user-mw2vn7pv8n]

Mohammed Hamza Do your research. Hydrogen had more power, but was unsafe, and Helium wasn't even discovered when the Zeppelin thing started. Also, America was the only source for Helium and of course they didn't want to give Helium to us germans to build big airships while we were under Nazi rule.

[@MohammedMuaawia]

Propagandaminister Joseph Goebbels Yes, I too watched the video.

[@ichmalealsobinich]

It was the US Navy who suffered the worst Zeppelin catastrophy. And this with a helium filled air ship, when in 1933 the USS Macon crashed into the Atlantic drowning all but two of its 73 members crew.

[@laughinelf]

I scrolled down too fast, so i thought that the title said "The failed history of Will and Caesar Zepelli."

[@sussyyybaka]

Would Gyro count?

[@dc2008242]

so..................... who wants to build a hydrogen rigid airship with me?

[@jennifersharp9713]

dc2008242 Yeah sure, right after I finish my Fusion reactor in my back yard.

[@cirosa6754]

but can it carry power armour?

[@user-mw2vn7pv8n]

dc2008242 TAKE ME!

[@StylesV13]

"Inflammable means flammable? What a country!" - Dr. Nick Riviera.

[@CaptOrbit]

Zeppelins; the Monty Python's "swamp castle" of air travel

[@mikerotch4946]

The names being LZ 1, 2, 3 and 4 just makes me think about the first 4 Led Zeppelin albums

[@RuleLuxembourg]

But Cody, you neglected to mention that if the Hindenburg had helium instead of hydrogen it would into have burst into flames. And all helium filled rigid airships are 99% inflammable (they can't catch on fire). So the helium ones are safe! It's just the hydrogen ones that are exploding death machines. In-fact the new Good Year blimp is a helium filled rigid airship.

[@chicken6180]

Finnster It was designed for helium but America wouldn't sell any

[@RuleLuxembourg]

+Spark Chicken I know but I mean would you sell a element thats uses were just being discovered to the Nazis? Turns out that hydrogen is probably a better weapon than helium, but that's digressing from the fact of "Would you want to sell anything to the Nazis?" But if the Hindenburg had helium or hadn't caught flame with today's technologies (jet engines, Doppler Radar, etc.) it would be an amazing way to get around. A cruise ship in the skies.

[@user-mw2vn7pv8n]

Finnster Blimps are not real Zeppelins.

[@MrNeunauge]

well the US sold them trucks , gasoline , factories , and what not ...

[@deep_fried_analysis]

The only Zeppeling i know of is made of Led. And it's still afloat after 40isch years

[@idnyftw]

had Immigrant Song intro playing in my head while the video's going over the LZ iterations :)

[@WafflePlaneRC]

Reminds me of my relationships... "And then it burst into flames"

[@Ben-zg5xb]

EXPERIMENT: 1000 DEGREE EXPLODING BLIMP VS. NEW JERSEY!

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

Wait, so something that crashes every time it starts up can still be a major success if the public get riled up about it? [Insert Pokemon Go joke here]

[@user-mw2vn7pv8n]

Trygve Plaustrum Zeppelins were better.

[@badbeardbill9956]

It doesn't crash every time. He focused on the early Zeppelins. Which did crash a lot, mainly because the equipment of the day was crap and the technology wasn't developed enough. But by the mid-20s, the Zeppelin had been perfected. The British and Americans tried, but their ships crashed a lot. But the German ships? The LZ 126, later named USS Los Angeles, was the most successful US airship. It was a German design. Never crashed. The LZ 127 was the most successful airship ever built. It flew around the world, made trans-Atlantic flights, and did a whole lot of cool stuff. It never crashed. The Hindenburg disaster was a fluke. Just like a bunch of airplane disasters. Hell, the LZ 130 was completed after the Hindenburg, and it would've been used commercially, had the Nazis been content with their land holdings. They were building LZ 131 (bigger than the Hindenburg), and then all the Zeppelins were scrapped for WWII. The Nazis and WWII killed the Zeppelin. Oh, and, the Hindenburg flew for a whole year, crossing the Atlantic 34 times, before the disaster. It wasn't even really designed for hydrogen... but it still did pretty good. Oh, and guess what? Most deaths, 33 out of 35, were caused by falling. The Hindenburg was the crown prince of flukes.

[@biliminsrlar5752]

No one: Zeppelines: *Aight imma burn*

[@lordseelenfresserdemonking1168]

"For we have something they sourly lack ZEPPELINS

[@Sophistry0001]

Something about being in a blimp or hot air balloon is terrifying to me. They're like big man-made jellyfish of the sky, subject to fickle winds and just gently floating along in the current without direction.

[@VicodinElmo]

Matt T I kinda get what you mean

[@Appletank8]

Eh, if you are big enough, winds aren't too big of a deal. You just have to pay enough attention to make sure you're going the right direction.

[@alexpinto5638]

No Led Zeppelin jokes? Seriously?

[@AvailableUsernameTed]

Truthy fact: The L in LZ stood for Led.

[@user-mw2vn7pv8n]

Pipe2DevNull 😂 In fact, the L was for Luftschiff meaning airship, Z was obviously for Zeppelin

[@liberalthefirst7743]

yep

[@robsnow4818]

"hello airplanes, it's blimps, you win goodbye"

[@martincouturier7368]

If you could do an episode on the dust bowl thing that went down in the thirties that'd be great. Your channel is awesome please don't stop

[@humblesoldier5474]

If not for the fast pace world, and with the help of modern materials I don't see why we couldn't revive the Zeppelin. Instead of taking a fast pace jet. Take a leisurely cruise through the air.

[@redhairdavid]

you said air planes beat airships in every category, but dont they use something like 100 times less fuel to move the same amount of cargo(or people).

[@MarloSoBalJr]

dave yesiam One of such doesn't explode as quickly

[@AltaryaDeFlammes1996]

YES! Finally someone that sees this advantage! Not to to say that they can be easily converted into electric machines, because they already have a gigantic surface area for solar panels and don't require super engines to stay afloat. MarloSoBalJr MJofLakeland2 The thing is that, given the proper time and true test flights and better ground management most zeppelins wouldn't have met that fate... Also Helium, helium is just superior

[@fredrikkarlsson8990]

This also led to airships having far better range than contemporary air planes of the time. Today the fuel efficiency probably isn't that huge of a deal since we often value speed over fuel efficiency. Commercial airlines are far faster than airships could ever hope to be today. If the safety hazards were mitigated then airships could have a real use in the luxury cruise industry.

[@Butterkin]

Man an entrepreneur should really look into that.

[@thetemporarychannelttc8681]

They also look cool as heck.

[@flipwhale5494]

Everyone keep in mind this is on zeppelins from a long time ago, In modern time airships are something of the future, nasa has plans to use modern airships on Mars and Venus, also an airship/balloon has already to be Venus in the past, you see airships can basically be used everywhere very easily, lots of countries use airships like blimps to monitor borders, or use high altitude airships to do things that satellites do, I could go on forever about airships and how they are useful but that would take to long, in short airships are also something for the future, they offer luxury and scientific exploration and being very safe in the use of helium where if they run out of gas for engines hey just float, most major super powers like the USA are building cargo airships to travel for long periods of time and cargo lots of cargo safely faster than ships on the water (this airship for the US has already been built and is supposed to be mass produced) other countries like Russia and China also have airships and more plans to use them, airships are really good in disaster aid issues as well as they need no runway to land or drop cargo. To end it off airships can literally be used for everything from aircraft carriers in the sky to cargo airships in space quite literally, don’t forget about airships because they work (also airships have been made to launch planes making them aircraft carriers in the sky)

[@TBoneTony]

As much as Zeppelin Airships were awesome to look at looking back on those black and white photos, the tragedy of the Hindenburg was that it was caught on camera during the early video footage detailing the horror that happened. All the other Airship disasters before the Hindenburg happened without video footage ever capturing what happened nor didn't have the high number of deaths that the large ship Titantic had.

[@tenebrisscarrow3140]

Tbh if we brought them back now they could be viable as a less fuel intensive but slower airplane alternative that with our current technology and discovery of a few other non-explosive gases

[@MarloSoBalJr]

Tenebris Scarrow Basically a floating sea cruise ship. I wouldn't mind them bringing it back

[@jestertycoon700]

Tenebris Scarrow they got radars now they'd missile that shit out of the air

[@tenebrisscarrow3140]

Jester Tycoon I meant a civilian alternative lmao

[@culloden23]

Made out of Led?

[@ac14pc]

culloden23 So they could fly over the hills and far away

[@culloden23]

Abílio Carlos Pedro Correia and they can ramble on

[@ac14pc]

culloden23 Thank You

[@patrickprice3666]

How many more times are we going to have led zep puns

[@AJ_Jingco]

I just subscribed to your channel, because your content is AWESOME!

[@stugotskune]

Surprised you didn't make any Led Zeppelin references

[@NANNO_FMBY]

Pietro Vella because he’s not gay like ur mom

[@Diagonalstuff]

7 likes no views = youtube logic

[@chris-mv3gf]

It only counts as a view if you viewed it for a certain amount of time, so they liked before it was a real view.

[@boi9176]

A view is when you watch 30 seconds of the video, they liked before 30 seconds what is so hard to understand

[@chris-mv3gf]

+boi they should show that on the youtube main page xd

[@zhop951]

Stop picking on a man with a lack of KZbin knowledge... he knows now clearly, I did not even know... but what if video is less then 30 seconds? has to be a percentage of video or else it would not make sense

[@boi9176]

yaeh if its less than 30 seconds it goes to some percentage

[@Danaby2]

I thought the thumbnail was a 1000 degree knife xD

[@chris-mv3gf]

same :)

[@ganaraminukshuk0]

Danaby2 I kinda see it too.

[@lukemcewan6719]

Danaby2 1000 degree knife vs Hindenburg

[@Captain23rdGaming]

lol knife wins xD

[@Captain23rdGaming]

lol knife wins xD

[@MatsubaAgeha]

8:18 "artist's rendition of Atlantic Ocean" LOL!

[@enriquevicente8338]

"Artist's rendition of Atlantic Ocean" at 8:18 made me laugh 😂

[@MrBorisBaas]

Oh hello everyone, have a Nice day!

[@nikist18]

[Disclaimer: This comment is perhaps biased, it`s not meant to hate on the video.... actually it`s just a german on the internet upset about the fact that some of his countrys inventions were useless (we also invented the gummy bear), so clearly this video must be wrong] I wouldn`t agree 100% with the video, which may be cause i live where the Zepplin was invented and so I´m kind of biased, but also cause you have to look on some of the points in a diffrent perspective. First of, it had a horrible start. But that is something most new inventions had, if you look at the history of airplanes, there happend a lot till the first safe long flight was accomplished. The Zepplin unlike the airplane never really had the time to develop, since only one bigger company invested in it`s development , which was way more expensive thu to the scale of the Zepplins. That all, lead to the only strategy, to throw them on the market as soon as possible. Using it in war, was stupid, no question about it. But the Zepplins build after ww2 where actually pretty solid. The 2 Zepplin aircraft-carriers for the US Navy, actually only crashed thu to time presure in the building/ planning phase and there for resulting on small construction-error. And they where freaking flying aircraft-carriers, that should still be a thing!^^ The last Zeppelin left today, which is only half a Zepplin (semi-rigid) called the NT (still creative with the names) is pretty effective. After a long development process, it now flys around daily (where i live), offering tourist flights, and helping in science projects which need a vehicle that can hover longer then helicopters (it actually get used all over the world: japan, africa, north-sea, in the states and so on) And it`s still the only air vehicle, capable of flying a long time at a wide range of alltitudes, while standing still or moving, so it still has it`s small place to exist. (There where no accidents since in flight, only when not stored correctly on ground it did get damage by storms.) Love the videos, keep up the great work

[@potatoturtle2193]

Nik kiN what about blimps? Those came from zeppelins

[@potatoturtle2193]

Nik kiN and they're pretty cool

[@Rifat.Rafael.Birmizrahi]

You are right! They are not totaly useless. However I think the video tried to point out that zepplins were over romanticised.

[@archerburns]

I think we have a common theme going on here...

[@angeloabbatiello4755]

Nobody: Zeppelins:* violently burts into flames *

[@Bagster321]

Same thing happened with Concorde. But that wasn't a death machine.

[@ganaraminukshuk0]

LZ 1, LZ 2, . . . , LZ n, LZ n+1, . . . I see a trend.

[@ac14pc]

Ganaram Inukshuk LZ is for Led Zeppelin. After the fourth they started giving the airships cool names like "House of The Holy" and "Physical Graffiti"

[@vlam8425]

Finally a Led Zeppelin joke, there aren't many

[@InvidiousIgnoramus]

Failed as a military vehicle, but the utmost tier of supreme luxury air travel. Damn, to fly on one those beauties.

[@faolan1686]

The first time I saw this I was in the grip of a deep depression. The line "God's wrath killed the Oldsmobile" gave me the first laugh I'd had in days. It's just as funny now. Thanks Cody.

[@lordkarasu2263]

Say it with me now...”KIROV REPORTING”! Something you NEVER want to hear.

[@jimmybeans5879]

This pickelhaube sure isn't safe in a air balloon.

[@jancerny8109]

I don't know whether to cheer at the glory of grit and persistence to realize the dream of flight, or weep at the triumph of hope over experience.

[@JavierCR25]

Recapping knowledgehub vídeos and realized how much I enjoy this one in particular hehehe

[@AltaryaDeFlammes1996]

It doesn't actually pale in comparison to the airplane in every single way at all. Otherwise they wouldn't still be around. Zeppelins have actually a few very good advantages over airplanes, if they're made out of helium of course screw hydrogen. 1-They use far less fuel. 2-They can easily be made electric, as they will already have a gigantic surface area and require that much horse power to move around, while the electric airplane is quite limited. 3-They failure of the early zeppelins were simply because they were filled hydrogen. As well as a lack of developed forecasting sevices And a few zeppelins did in fact survive the scrapping of 1939 (I think like 2 did.... such a sad story...) For those reasons the airship is being brought back slowly by a few companies around the world, including the original Zeppelin company in Germany who makes passenger flights. There's even an airship company in Brazil that is in process of launching it's first semi-rigid airship to the purpose of carrying massive HV Posts for installation in the Amazon and for maintenance of the already built grid.

[@user-mw2vn7pv8n]

Altarya DeFlammes The destruction of the Hindenburg was very unfortunate, in fact it was very safe altough it was filled with hydrogen

[@AltaryaDeFlammes1996]

Yes it was, i read a few transcriptions of people that described how it's flight was, no turbulences they said, you'd think you were on solid ground because of how stable it was The thing is that the Hindenburg was also painted in termite... which is also flammable, it's as if the Nazis programmed it to explode...

[@Choppytehbear1337]

@@AltaryaDeFlammes1996 There were no Nazis during the first two fifths of the 1900s.

[@AltaryaDeFlammes1996]

@Choppytehbear1337 in 1939? Are you kidding? The Hindenburg even had two swastikas painted in its fins, as did the Graf 1 and 2. I retract my claim about it being programed to explode however, i was mislead at that time... among other things in my original post

[@Choppytehbear1337]

@@AltaryaDeFlammes1996 I apologize, I was thinking about the ones leading up to and around WWI. In my defense I had just woken up when I typed that.

[@therossionfan]

"God's wrath killed the Oldsmobile" cover that topic

[@BigWheel.]

Sumerized oldsmobile spent 20 years building uglier or more expensive versions of GM cars that already existed, they built 1 original car (the aurora)(which was shown in the video) in the 90s to help save their company but they couldn't keep making a boring stale company relevent off 1 ok car.

[@Corristo89]

Here are the pros of rigid airships: Quiet, can carry heavy loads, can take of vertically, are technically much simpler than airplanes (not that they're simple machines, but they don't need a million moving parts to work), can hover over an area like a helicopter, can reach heights comparable to commercial airliners, can stay in the air for days (ideal for search and rescue missions or high-altitude surveilance) and can reach speeds of over 100 km/h. That's about as fast as a truck, but those need roads, while an airship can go anywhere. So smaller airships would be perfect for supplying cut-off regions in 3rd world countries who lack roads or whos roads have been destroyed to the point of being unusable. Helicopters can be used too, but their range isn't as high and they're very expensive.

[@FreshAsianSwagg]

Airships can provide luxury as if it were a cruise liner, but in a way that’s in the air and in a quicker way as well. They provide the transportation Planes give you, but the space and luxury a Ship/ocean liner can provide as well. All you have to do is use helium, and make sure maintenance is on point. Of course improve on the technology as well. Many planes are faulty today, as well as ships. If airships become a thing again they will also of course be faulty, but this isn’t something we should fear. Reminder that Airships were made at a time where they could cross the Atlantic, US to Europe, in 2 days. It was much quicker than Ships,(and at that time no one could imagine a plane going at that speed or even used commercially) and thus is why people loved them so much. The fact the Hindenburg had pictures of the crash happening on site, real time, killed zeppelins. Zeppelins were still a new technology and so their reputation was vulnerable.

[@seanhartnett79]

Great video! And Cody’s back.