National Geographic: Hindenburg Page #6

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but it's less than a third the size

of the Hindenburg.

And it's filled with helium,

not hydrogen.

If all goes well, the new Zeppelin

will be used for tourist flights

and scientific research-and perhaps as

a vehicle for transporting passengers.

Flying an airplane for me is a job.

It's something that you have to do.

Flying an airship is a joy.

There's magic with these things.

I think it's just the idea

of a giant silver-

or in this case white- airship just

floating serenely above the countryside.

There's just a magic there that for me

is just personally indescribable.

Is the Zeppelin NT the wave of the

future or just a nostalgic daydream,

a bid to recapture an elegant era?

The golden age of airships

may be long gone,

but magnificent giants like

the Hindenburg won't be forgotten.

They'll fly on forever,

floating majestically

across the landscape of memory.

I think everyone

who ever worked with airships

would really like to see one of those

huge objects in the sky again.

There's nothing more beautiful

than flying in an airship.

It's page one in the book of dreams.

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