Why didn’t I see it earlier? Save on petrol by using flammable gases. And then put yourself up in the air with giant packets of flammable gases.
I actually think it would be cool to take a blimp/airship to Montana this summer. SkyCat says that their SkyShuttle costs $9 per 100km. It’s okay. I’m not traveling in kilometers. I’m using miles.
Oh wait.
Hmm…$9 per every 62 miles. 1,306 to Billings, MT. $189 one way using an airship. United Airlines is cheapest with $267 right now. That’s some decent savings. But…
These airships average around 100mph. 13 hours to get to Billings? It could work. Too bad there’s only 12 seats. I don’t think they could maintain the $9 promise for long.
That and there’s not many airships flying to Big Sky Country.
The Haiku
Much thanks to The Count
(Ferdinand von Zeppelin)
and flying machines
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SkyYacht? SkyYacht? When can I buy one? I just need to, um, make several unauthorized withdrawals from banks where I may or may not have accounts.
Cash out a whole bunch of credit cards and then stay in the air preying on rich polluters to pay off the cards while avoiding Don Karnage over Cape Suzette. Add Mike’s Mr. Fusion reactor to it to increase your time aloft.
Remind me why we haven’t done this yet…
I don’t know! I’m appalled that we haven’t been able to yet. Seriously, the SkyYacht can be modified to carry a limo! How cool is that?
We need to find out where we can get one of these airships- perhaps, in the proper pirate styling, purchase should not be our primary method of acquisition.
Hi, voice of reason here.
http://flatrock.org.nz/topics/flying/assets/hindenburg.jpg
Cynic. Besides, these are inflated with helium. The Hindenburg only caught fire because the US decided to restrict helium imports to Germany, so they had no choice but to use hydrogen.
So what happens if someone shoots at the helium with a bazooka?
You got a bazooka, friend?
Hey! Shoot at anything with a bazooka and it will notice.
I’ll stick with Devin’s detonite.