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There are no modern Zeppelins. -There are 'blimps' which are different construction. Zeppelins and many other airships of the 1920' s to 40's were 'dirigibles', meaning they had metal frames with a fabric covering and gas bags inside.
Blimps, such as those used during WW2 and even now as the Goodyear blimps are a rubberised fabric gasbag with no solid internal frame. They all use helium gas now.
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∙ 13y agoHydrogen, which is very highly inflammable. They were prone to burn completely, almost instantaneously, like the Hindenburg.
The US had a monopoly on helium, which is inert and will not burn, but would not sell Germany any.
The Zeppelin company is still in business, and able to get helium today. Last I heard they were building small airships for tourist cruises over the Rhine. The technology and skills needed to build huge, rigid-frame airships as lost was the workers scattered, got old, died. But they ought to make a come back. A means of air travel which will not crash and burn and kill everybody on board just because the engines stop would be my preferred means of travel, even if it is a lot slower. Weather forecasting, with satellites, would allow avoiding the other airship-killer - unanticipated violent storms.
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∙ 15y agoThey used hydrogen to bomb many countries: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A912124
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When did Etienne lenior invent the gas engine?
Etienne Lenior invented the gas engine in the year of 1860. It's funny a 12 year old was the only one to answer this question.
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