atro_city@fedia.io to Public Transport@slrpnk.net · 18 days agoWhat are your craziest transportation ideas and dreams?message-squaremessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up141file-text
arrow-up141message-squareWhat are your craziest transportation ideas and dreams?atro_city@fedia.io to Public Transport@slrpnk.net · 18 days agomessage-square56fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·18 days ago[off topic?] The Guns Above by Robyn Bennis. Airships in the Napoleonic Era. The only ‘fantasy’ element in the book is that they have unlimited access to helium. https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-guns-above-robyn-bennis/90734a18a40dfd82?ean=9780765388773&next=t
minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·18 days agoFirst, it was clearly labeled ‘off topic’ I figured that anyone interested in odd transportation ideas would get a kick out of the idea of an airship built in the 1800’s. The author does a great job of describing the wicker works and silks. I’m sorry if you found this confusing.
minus-squareRooster326@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-218 days agoBut airships were built in the 1800s, and the 1900s, and even the 1700s They were used 1785 to cross the English channel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airship
minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 days agoDid you look at the book? It describes an entire air armada, not just a one off craft. If you want to know more, the author has a website. https://robynbennis.com/
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The Guns Above by Robyn Bennis.
Airships in the Napoleonic Era. The only ‘fantasy’ element in the book is that they have unlimited access to helium.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-guns-above-robyn-bennis/90734a18a40dfd82?ean=9780765388773&next=t
wat?
First, it was clearly labeled ‘off topic’
I figured that anyone interested in odd transportation ideas would get a kick out of the idea of an airship built in the 1800’s.
The author does a great job of describing the wicker works and silks.
I’m sorry if you found this confusing.
But airships were built in the 1800s, and the 1900s, and even the 1700s
They were used 1785 to cross the English channel.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airship
Did you look at the book?
It describes an entire air armada, not just a one off craft.
If you want to know more, the author has a website.
https://robynbennis.com/