Impossible to get in 1937. Helium was considered a war resource and Germany
wasn't allowed to buy any, and didn't have the technology to isolate it by
itself.

tim in san jose

On 5/8/07, Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> wrote:
>
> >Either way, floating around under a big bag full of hydrogen sounds like
> a
> >bad idea. ;>)
> >
> >Mark
> >87 Wolfsburg Weekender "Monty"
> >
> >On Mon, 7 May 2007 22:42:04 -0700, Aristotle Sagan
> ><killer.jupiter@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
> >>John...
> >>We are talking 1937 here. Airline safety was no where near the 9sigma it
> >>flys under today.
> >>
> >>A lot of people died to get those numbers up.
> >>
> >>tim in san jose
> >>
> >>On 5/7/07, John Reddick <SVYOLO@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>  1,000,000 miles before an accident is nothing to brag about. Neither
> is 1
> >>>  crash out of 650 flights.  Any commercial aircraft would be
> permanently
> >  >> grounded if it reached 1/10,000 of either mishap rate.
>
>
> Helium all the way, man. Of course a zeppelin would need more
> gas-volume, as helium is less buoyant than hydrogen. Harder to get &
> more expensive too.
> --
> Andrew Grebneff
> Dunedin
> New Zealand
> Fossil preparator
> <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
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>

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