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> too many of them fell

How many of them fell? Tried searching this up and barely any fell. Very few deaths too.





https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airship_accidents

This list is quite comprehensive I think


That’s a good article. I found this one:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-8

The L-8/Ghost Blimp took off with a crew of two from San Francisco in 1942. They found an oil slick (which was the last time either crew member was known to be alive) and then drifted before it crash landed in front of a home in Daly City.

I had never heard of this event before now and it’s a heck of an interesting late night rabbit hole. Thanks for the link!




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