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438: No Such Thing As A Candyfloss Blimp

No Such Thing As A Fish

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The Airships Didn't Work

This lasted two years before it crashed. And it killed over 70 people, including one of the main advocates for airship development and expansion. I'm struck by the fact that the chief proponent for airships die in the destruction of the airship as a kind of model for dealing with bad inventors. The captain goes down with he ship. Isn't it eys? That's the modern day. You know, the guy who invented the segay went over a cliff on his sega sory. But we still make ships. Somtin.

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