The Blimp Extinction

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  • @OrdinaryThings
    @OrdinaryThings  2 ปีที่แล้ว +277

    Follow me on twitter: twitter.com/ordinarytings or check out my patreon: www.patreon.com/ordinarythings for more comic book related news!

    • @rojaunjames747
      @rojaunjames747 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      First

    • @MantaRochenHL
      @MantaRochenHL 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are you going to create more videos on your 2nd channel?

    • @herbertschulz4313
      @herbertschulz4313 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You keep calling the german currency "deutschmark " in this Video. But the deutsche Mark was only used from the 50s to the Euro. Before the currency Was called the Reichsmark

    • @quatreraberbawinner2628
      @quatreraberbawinner2628 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think you should change the name of your channel to just things, no limits

    • @HelloThere-xx1ct
      @HelloThere-xx1ct 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I actually recently worked for a modern-day blimp maker. The industry is basically all military-focused plus odd side projects like the Saudi's asking about a tethered blimp ride for their Red Sea Project.

  • @jkee9760
    @jkee9760 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3741

    We should crowd fund another one for local travel. Is it efficient? No. Reliable? Nope. Safe? Maybe? But just imagine going from Texas to slightly farther texas in 15 hours

    • @worldofdoom995
      @worldofdoom995 2 ปีที่แล้ว +189

      You gotta remember these were in fashion when to get across the Atlantic you had to take a ship. Or sit in a very noisy,cramped slow propeller aircraft.

    • @lix0347
      @lix0347 2 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      We should have one flyover to every major city in the United States. I think everyone would like to see it fly over their city.

    • @solarmoth4628
      @solarmoth4628 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      @@lix0347 Like a nice river cruise but in the sky. I mean I wouldn’t do it because it might literally crash and burn but I’m sure someone would enjoy it?

    • @jannehansen-haug3375
      @jannehansen-haug3375 2 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      Blimbs are pretty safe these days, but easly shaken around by wether, so you really dont need to fear for your life, just any drink you might be holding.

    • @lix0347
      @lix0347 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@solarmoth4628 as long as it isn’t windy it should be okay to fly.

  • @OGDeepStroke
    @OGDeepStroke 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1199

    Fun Fact: the Hindenburg was carrying mail; and the letters that did survive were still delivered in their either soaked or slightly burnt state.

    • @vvvooo9413
      @vvvooo9413 2 ปีที่แล้ว +210

      Now, that's customer service.

    • @PALACIO254
      @PALACIO254 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      cool

    • @RebelTrooperHoth
      @RebelTrooperHoth 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also fun fact, it was intended to be used as Nazi propaganda

    • @burgerbait
      @burgerbait 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      And now we have Hermes 🙄

    • @HeyItsJonny
      @HeyItsJonny 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      The usps doesn't stop for anything.

  • @ShockedLogic
    @ShockedLogic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3425

    This feels like a delicious middleground between Tom Scott and Internet Historian while still having your own brand of humor. A grade content, my guy!

    • @JohnDBlue
      @JohnDBlue 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@tofubutcher7456 I could watch hundreds of hours of them

    • @LevitatingCups
      @LevitatingCups 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      he did do the voice in the steve-the-pirate thing

    • @hannibalburgers477
      @hannibalburgers477 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Literal Historian

    • @DavySolaris
      @DavySolaris 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      It's basically just Charlie Brooker tbh, but that's not even remotely a bad thing

    • @VeggieRice
      @VeggieRice 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yeah it's annoying in tone at times but MUCH better researched than Simon Whistler's stuff. I wouldn't compare him so much to Tom Scott as Brian Cox, personally

  • @Bigtunaproductions09
    @Bigtunaproductions09 2 ปีที่แล้ว +832

    You can see his sheer excitement when he got on the blimp. The typical dry sarcasm faded away and was replaced by earnest enthusiasm. Great vid.

    • @TrepidDestiny
      @TrepidDestiny ปีที่แล้ว +17

      His genuine enthusiasm contrasted sharply with the bored disinterest of the crew.

    • @viderevero1338
      @viderevero1338 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@TrepidDestiny Probably because this is their job. Such is the curse of constant experience, it dries out the event of it.

    • @aseheavyindustries798
      @aseheavyindustries798 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      you can tell he has an outside fascination with airships and has been waiting to make this video

    • @midgetman4206
      @midgetman4206 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@viderevero1338 I think it's more so concentration and carefulness. Remember, any minor mistake will be painted with exaggeration by the vultures of media and ignorance. Not only is it their job and legal trouble on the line, but they're also likeminded enthusiasts of the airship. They'd also hate to see their craft be viewed in a bad light.

  • @marmotarchivist
    @marmotarchivist 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1207

    “Passengers would fly and only occasionally crash in world class luxury” cracked me up. I also loved your commentary in the slowest air crash ever committed to film and the obese slow moving phoenix.
    As a historian, I appreciate your emphasis on the distortion of historical events and the massive role of coincidence. The Hindenburg really makes you wonder, how things would have gone differently if the accident didn’t happen or if it was not filmed and turned into a mass media spectacle. More people should talk about the important facts, such as its amazing world tour or that it probably smelled like sweat and hangovers.

  • @henryrothert6160
    @henryrothert6160 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1053

    I’m surprised you didn’t mention the main reason that the Hindenburg exploded. By that point, the airship companies decided that they would use helium instead of hydrogen for lift until a point in the future when materials technology advanced enough to allow them to create a envelope that would completely eliminate the risk of the hydrogen igniting. The Hindenburg was one of these airships, and was not designed to reduce the risk of hydrogen ignition, as it was supposed to carry helium. However, the United States produces nearly all of the words helium, and the US government refused to give helium to a Nazi airship (while WW2 hadn’t started yet, the two countries weren’t on great terms). Instead of redesigning the ship to carry hydrogen safely, they filled up with the flammable gas and hoped for the best.

    • @jenl7094
      @jenl7094 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He did mention that the US was the only country where you could get helium and that Goodyear had cut ties with Zeppelin due to the Nazi factor (so, no helium for the Zeppelin Co). He didn’t mention the other thing, which I guess would have been interesting.

    • @erkman4900
      @erkman4900 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      😳😳

    • @llab3903
      @llab3903 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What a shitty way to get murdered lmao

    • @skyjam99
      @skyjam99 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Hopefully someone got fired for that unfortunate safety call

    • @jjwang7597
      @jjwang7597 2 ปีที่แล้ว +196

      @@skyjam99 oh the whole airship got *fired* because of that

  • @youtuberstatistics
    @youtuberstatistics 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1097

    If you can find some of the old, original footage of the Hindenburg, it is absolutely terrifying to watch. A flaming ball of gas 3x the size of a large commercial jet bursting into flames and burning up in less than a minute. It's no suprise then that people weren't so keen to fly in one of them every again really.

    • @scientificbrony
      @scientificbrony 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Yeah no kidding...

    • @YeOldeFootballChannel
      @YeOldeFootballChannel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      The radio commentary still sounds as poignant as it was more than a hundred years ago. *Oh, the Humanity*.

    • @isabellaangeline2175
      @isabellaangeline2175 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@YeOldeFootballChannel oh, the huge manatee!

    • @messwithhelpy
      @messwithhelpy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      monkeypox is a hoax maybe the biggest hoax every

    • @the-network
      @the-network 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      TH-cam statistics, huh?

  • @faulerhund1386
    @faulerhund1386 2 ปีที่แล้ว +188

    Fun addendum: The German company Cargolifter AG, founded 1996, tried to use blimps for heavy cargo transport (was even traded at the stock exchange). It went bankrupt in 2002, leaving behind the construction hall. As the largest building in the world without inner support structure, it now serves as a spa resort named Tropical Islands.

    • @everythingpony
      @everythingpony ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So ? It has support now?

    • @faulerhund1386
      @faulerhund1386 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@everythingpony Don't think so, as it still seems to be considered the lardest building without internal support, though it is hard to find conclusive information on how exactly Tropical Islands modified it

  • @PepperoniMilkshake
    @PepperoniMilkshake 2 ปีที่แล้ว +144

    The fact that your shirt said BLIPMS as a slight nod to the accidents that happened, shows how much careful planning and detail you pour into your videos.
    Cheers to that and to a long and successful career!

  • @Towelietowel
    @Towelietowel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +273

    I live next to one of Goodyear's blimp hangars in CA. Two of them actually. Though I don't know if they are empty or actually have blimps in them.
    Once I had an uber driver ask me if I knew why those airplane hangars were so tall, and I said, "They house blimps."
    He asked me what a blimp was. I said, "Oh you know, like the Goodyear blimps you see over sporting events?"
    *blank stare*
    Not only had he never seen the Goodyear blimp, but the entire concept of blimps and zeppelins was foreign to him.

    • @Visibletoallusers12
      @Visibletoallusers12 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I first came into contact with a blimp/airship through the Simpsons, besides that and the story of the hindenburg I knew nothing else. You don't see blimps here in Europe as much as you do in the ol' US of A

    • @pixilatedsarin2408
      @pixilatedsarin2408 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@Visibletoallusers12 thats odd cuz wasnt the Zeppelin a European invention? The Germans, right?

    • @solarmoth4628
      @solarmoth4628 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I haven’t seen one in a really long time and even then they were only a common site at the beach. It was exciting because it was so rare. I can understand people not having seen one before.

    • @dirkturtle3354
      @dirkturtle3354 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Visibletoallusers12 Not even the Led ones?

    • @kalui96
      @kalui96 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I see all these comments like "yeah me neither"
      growing up with illiterate parents must be really tough and boring. imagine not knowing what blimps are until you are a fully grown ass man

  • @michaelkeller5927
    @michaelkeller5927 2 ปีที่แล้ว +249

    The scene on the Simpsons where Barney crashes the duff blimp and Kent Brockman says "oh the humanity!" then just continues on his broadcast is comedy at its finest.

    • @machematix
      @machematix 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Like climate change reports nowadays

  • @Fusilier7
    @Fusilier7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +729

    Correction: the Hindenburg did have a shower, it was located on B deck, underneath the dinning room, in fact, it was the first in-flight shower ever installed, however, there was a catch, the shower was quite tiny, so better not have claustrophobia, the spray was also weak and had a timer, in order to conserve water for the flight, this was also a passenger luxury, the crew could only hygiene after the Hindenburg was moored.
    Edit: You also confused Werner Franz with Werner Doehner, Werner Franz, age 14, was the Hindenburg's cabin boy, while Werner Doehner, age 8, was an passenger travelling with his family Matilda, Herman, Walter and Irene Doehner, tragically Herman perished in the wreck, and Irene died of her burns, she was 14. They were the last of the Hindenburg's survivors, the last crew member and the last passenger.

    • @orangeants
      @orangeants 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Wow, how are you so knowledgeable on this subject? It's cool

    • @whatsup7033
      @whatsup7033 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      ​@@orangeants he was there

    • @orangeants
      @orangeants 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@whatsup7033 great tech skills for someone that's like, 90

    • @Fusilier7
      @Fusilier7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@orangeants I'm a historian, but I first began reading about the Hindenburg when I was eight, I still have those books my mother bought for me.

    • @orangeants
      @orangeants 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@Fusilier7 that's brilliant that you have such an amazing memory for details

  • @Insanabiliter_In_Linea
    @Insanabiliter_In_Linea 2 ปีที่แล้ว +177

    41:00 This part was really interesting for me, I can't imagine what it must have been like for Londoners in 1915, seeing a giant, looming shadow like that slowly creep across the ground, one cast by a ship much larger than the one you're riding in right now, while also not having any real frame of reference for what these newfangled airships really were, and also knowing that the people on that ship have actively come to try and kill you. It's easy these days to look back on the zeppelin bombing raids by the Germans in WW1 and laugh at them because let's be honest, they were pretty hilariously unsuccessful, but the sheer terror they caused was very much real and completely understandable.
    Loved the video, I've been fascinated by rigid airships for ages now, especially as a fairly avid WW1 history buff, so seeing you upload this video was an easy sell. Definitely the best one you've uploaded so far, biased as I may admittedly be lol.

    • @Pixel22-fs3tt
      @Pixel22-fs3tt ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It must have felt like what some people in the star wars galaxy must have felt when an Imperial Class Star Destroyer came above a city when they were first revealed to the public of the Empire

  • @davidlemos1136
    @davidlemos1136 2 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    Thank you, Tom Scott, always doing crazy things and explaining them.

    • @MrEnKaye
      @MrEnKaye 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂

  • @Nate34
    @Nate34 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Notice how the guy reporting the Hindenburg’s burning is practically crying. I wish we could have blimps back.

    • @michaelgrosberg2665
      @michaelgrosberg2665 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      I took that to mean you want more airship deaths and therefore more weepy reporters.

    • @NathanDudani
      @NathanDudani 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@michaelgrosberg2665 lol

    • @Nate34
      @Nate34 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@michaelgrosberg2665 lmao 💀

  • @Dorgpoop
    @Dorgpoop 2 ปีที่แล้ว +456

    My favourite detail about the Hindenburg was that despite being a hydrogen balloon, it had a smoking room. They kept it under positive pressure, had double airlocks and only one electric lighter for everyone to avoid open flames.

    • @trissylegs
      @trissylegs ปีที่แล้ว

      Gotta have some tobacco to mask out the ripe smell of 60 unwashed passengers and crew.

    • @justwastingtimeonyt9952
      @justwastingtimeonyt9952 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Magnificent

    • @fatfrickjailburd
      @fatfrickjailburd ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Don't forget the very safe asbestos lining the room to keep it fireproof!

    • @everythingpony
      @everythingpony ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@fatfrickjailburdso the room survived?

    • @ΒασίληςΒλάχος-τ3κ
      @ΒασίληςΒλάχος-τ3κ ปีที่แล้ว +8

      This isn't really a case of the insane desighers sacrificing safety for confort, unlike the whole idea of airships. Most people were completely addicted to smoking back then, in part because it's negative consequences weren't as well known. Not having a smoking room would be much more dangerous I think, because the passengers would just try to smoke wherever

  • @notaspy1227
    @notaspy1227 2 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    0:51 I love how in old-time videos theirs always one guy just walking into the frame and looking into the camera person's soul.

    • @solarmoth4628
      @solarmoth4628 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      People tend to do that now too, especially if it’s a news camera lol

  • @MrTea101
    @MrTea101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +306

    "But when history repeats itself so flagrantly, I don't see why I can't either"
    Probably the most 'in-your-face' quote when you get in an debate.

  • @stevekonsta9441
    @stevekonsta9441 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    You can tell that this video is more of a passion project than a video idea. love it

    • @Exeggutor_Enjoyer
      @Exeggutor_Enjoyer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      His enthusiasm was infectious, especially in comparison to his normal sarcasm.

  • @hblackburn5580
    @hblackburn5580 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Seeing his excitement when on the blimp is wholesome thing I needed this morning. Always happy to see someone excited about something! Cannot wait for the next video.

  • @swolecole
    @swolecole 2 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    Hey serious comment here, I am a College aviation major and actually chose to do a research paper on the history of airships much of the content is present in this video. Just wanted to say thanks for sharing the rich history

  • @epicdude8742
    @epicdude8742 2 ปีที่แล้ว +277

    The little bit of animation you did at 6:28 is just extremely pleasing to me. That kind of editing just looks straight out of early filmmaking and just brought a smile to my face.

    • @citrusjuicebox
      @citrusjuicebox 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I noticed that too! Had to watch it three times. Very charming.

    • @JustMeiny
      @JustMeiny 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Preußen Dong

    • @KaladinVegapunk
      @KaladinVegapunk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I just love his use of that instrumental version of "Danger Zone" early on hahaha

  • @ProvokedCoffee
    @ProvokedCoffee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    my great grandmother has a few pictures of when the graf zeppelin flew over reykjavík in 1930, it amazes me to think a zeppelin once shadowed the city.

  • @francescobazaj6607
    @francescobazaj6607 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    It's impressive how they also aided in the exploration of the north pole, like the italian blimp "italia"

  • @Beta_Mixes
    @Beta_Mixes ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This is by far the best docummentary you made so far, specially for the rare footages you digged up, loved this thing a lot mate, this meant a lot to me.
    Bless the good folks at Good Year also for keeping this dream alive, pretty sure Hidenburg himself would be happy to see this existing.

  • @pinkbanana1276
    @pinkbanana1276 2 ปีที่แล้ว +220

    I can’t believe that people have voted on lawns over this masterpiece.
    Edit: i love the direction that your videos are going towards; they’ve came from silly reviews to semi-professionally crafted documentaries.
    I enjoyed it very much. Hope that there’s plenty more where that came from!

  • @megamode
    @megamode 2 ปีที่แล้ว +330

    I'm shocked you're not at a million subscribers. Great videos always ordinary guy.

    • @jacobstratton1140
      @jacobstratton1140 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well that wouldn’t be ordinary so he can’t have that many

    • @MagnumLoadedTractor
      @MagnumLoadedTractor 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He is getting closer

    • @Psycho683
      @Psycho683 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Soon, comrade.

    • @kalui96
      @kalui96 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      why would 1M people subscribe to some ordinary guy?

    • @tanjoy0205
      @tanjoy0205 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Ordinary guy will no longer be Ordinary.

  • @luukwestland7288
    @luukwestland7288 2 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    These video’s really hit the sweetspot of topics that I would never research myself, yet have always wanted to know more about

  • @zeichensetzer8
    @zeichensetzer8 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    You and Internet Historian bring so much value and laugh to TH-cam. Thank you guys.

  • @gregwalker500
    @gregwalker500 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I feel like this video was made just so you could live a childhood dream of yours and I’m here for it

  • @PowderedToastMan3
    @PowderedToastMan3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    "Risktaking headcase" described most of the Prussian military at the time.

  • @josefgordon7712
    @josefgordon7712 2 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    I was worried momentarily that this would be a short upload and was overjoyed when it dawned on me it was forty five minutes of pure joy and entertainment and education.

    • @MikuHatsune12
      @MikuHatsune12 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ackshually ith arounth 43 minuths

    • @josefgordon7712
      @josefgordon7712 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@MikuHatsune12 oopths my berd

  • @ReinBelmont
    @ReinBelmont 2 ปีที่แล้ว +212

    Using zeppelins for war is the equivalent of using explosive barrels as cover in videogames, it kind of boggles my mind.

    • @user-ck7tg1dq9y
      @user-ck7tg1dq9y 2 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      In the modern era, yes. But in the early days airplanes couldn't get high enough to hit them. That's why it took so long for the British to shoot one down in WWI. Imagine the horror of getting bombed to oblivion while having absolutely no way to fight it.

    • @ReinBelmont
      @ReinBelmont 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@user-ck7tg1dq9y I see. That makes a lot of sense.

    • @badman843
      @badman843 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Old school AA might have not been performant enough to reach that high and/or to accurately hit them, and just like he said in the video, planes couldn't go as high as blimps so they couldn't really do anything

    • @jenl7094
      @jenl7094 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I get why they were useful and preferable to airplanes of the era, but the lack of safety precautions for the crew is what got me. Just giving them life jackets saved an entire crew versus the disaster of the previous crash of the Akron in which everyone died.

    • @Coreisus
      @Coreisus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@user-ck7tg1dq9y So those levels in Crash Bandicoot where he shoots down blimps is inaccurate?

  • @Perkeo_1702
    @Perkeo_1702 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Ordinary things is some of the funniest, well written, well researched content on TH-cam.

  • @theonlycatonice
    @theonlycatonice 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    That around the world blimp trip is insane. It's actually incredible. This was such a good video OT. Thanks for letting me revisit blimps outside of ancient RTSs. Eckener is a real safety G.

  • @unoriginalblu
    @unoriginalblu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Blimps are my favorite aircraft because I have fond memories of a Goodyear blimp that would often fly over my elementary school during lunchtime. Whenever it was over, all the kids would stop and look up to it, hoping to get it's attention.

  • @andrew20222
    @andrew20222 2 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    interestingly, there’s a goodyear blimp that flies around minneapolis pretty often - i saw it twice in the last month

    • @Jonathan.D
      @Jonathan.D 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      There is one in Florida(I think it's still there). Back in the early 2000s, the company I was working for was being wooed by Goodyear. I remember that one of the things they added was free rides on their blimp. The Goodyear rep pushed it as something that the other companies couldn't offer. Yes, that was cool but it wasn't a good reason to pay more for their product. My manager even said, "That's great but when I get called into the VP's office to explain why we are paying $$$ millions of dollars more I can't tell him "but we get free blimp rides"". 😄

    • @paulhofer5003
      @paulhofer5003 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It flew over my house yesterday.

    • @nickgavis0305
      @nickgavis0305 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Jonathan.D I used to see a blimp all the time around palm beach when I was younger lol I wonder if that was it

    • @Jonathan.D
      @Jonathan.D 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nickgavis0305 That was probably the same one. Because they said something about us having to go either to Ft Lauderdale or Palm Beach. It's been so long ago I can't remember. We went to the East Coast several times for company outings. Normally we went fishing on a charter boat. I never got to go on the blimp because the promised ride was delayed for various reasons. Almost 18mo went by and I got a better job elsewhere. If and when they finally got to go I think only two of the original eight of us were still there.

    • @nickgavis0305
      @nickgavis0305 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Jonathan.D well that sucks. There a lot of better experienced than a blimp though, I’ve been on one once and it wasn’t anything special

  • @furuyawn
    @furuyawn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    just yesterday i was thinking about how i haven't seen a blimp in years even though they were a pretty common sight when i was a kid.

    • @okok72277
      @okok72277 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I'm 22 so I for years thought they were just something the Simpsons and lazytown made up

    • @furuyawn
      @furuyawn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@okok72277 lmfaooo understandable. believe it or not, i'm only 27; there just used to be a pretty decent amount of advertising blimps around my area up until around like 2005.

    • @azmanabdula
      @azmanabdula 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@furuyawn I was thinking the same thing when I was watching Scarface
      Damn I havent seen one of those since....2008?
      More?
      They used to be at fairs and state shows.....There used to be the bridgestone ad blimp getting about melbourne
      *Was it bridgestone or dunlop?*
      My mind she aint what she used to be

  • @kaishmuper
    @kaishmuper 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Awesome vid, as usual.
    Not sure if this happened anywhere else, but here in Argentina we had a blimp owned by the largest milk company, soaring the skies almost every week back during the middle 90s.
    They even used to fly that thing (at really low altitude) during the night, scaring the shit out of a lot of people in the process.

  • @matt5165
    @matt5165 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Truly one of the only videos I could sit down and listen to regardless of how “educational” it seems to be, the passion in the video is palpable. His excitement to be in that blimp and thoroughly descriptive history is great :)

  • @compatriot852
    @compatriot852 2 ปีที่แล้ว +323

    It's a shame airships are disappearing. Hopefully they'll return one day once we discover a way to make them more efficient

    • @messwithhelpy
      @messwithhelpy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      screw that mate shoot me in a hyperloop

    • @scientificbrony
      @scientificbrony 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      I like blimps, but I don't think they would ever become efficient, just too slow, too big. Too many in the air would get annoying.

    • @magoshighlands4074
      @magoshighlands4074 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      They'll make a return when we colonize Jupiter, don't worry!

    • @binaryghosts5131
      @binaryghosts5131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      If I had Elon Musk or Bezos money I would be spending it on shit like sky hotels and making sure I had a luxury blimp in every city that I would stay in when I visited.

    • @Bob.martens
      @Bob.martens 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There is no way.

  • @greenhowie
    @greenhowie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    the airship industry is really gonna get a boost when teleporters are invented and people can just blip onboard

    • @MikuHatsune12
      @MikuHatsune12 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Why would people teleport on board when they can just teleport straight to the destination

    • @Andyhagablaga
      @Andyhagablaga 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@MikuHatsune12 sky sightseeing!

    • @mclarenf1gtr99
      @mclarenf1gtr99 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@MikuHatsune12 It is about the journey, not the destination. That is the whole point of blimps and cruise ships.

    • @MikuHatsune12
      @MikuHatsune12 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mclarenf1gtr99 I guess in some instances it's about the journey (when it comes to air travel in general)..but I still fail to see why you'd need to teleport onboard when you could just get on board normally..I always thought of teleports as strictly getting you to the desired destination instantaneously..humm

    • @MikuHatsune12
      @MikuHatsune12 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Andyhagablaga because you'll teleport, do you think it'd be a static thing in the sky and not a moving ship, something which doesn't need to land anywhere, it would just be in the sky constantly?

  • @PapaFlammy69
    @PapaFlammy69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +158

    A-tier content, as always. This was a fun one you covered :)

  • @RyanHannaMusic
    @RyanHannaMusic ปีที่แล้ว +7

    'leg storage' this is why i love this guy, he has such a good way of making anything funny

  • @MrEnKaye
    @MrEnKaye 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Well you know what they say: Blimpin' Ain't Easy

  • @wojciechmuras553
    @wojciechmuras553 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    While in the US this is an invite-only privilege, anyone can jump onboard a Zeppelin NT in Europe for the painful, but not unreachable price of 250 to 900 Euro, depending on the particular flight. Sightseeing flights are on a regular schedule over multiple German cities. I was lucky enough to be invited onboard one during the 2021 European Grand Tour, for a brief flight over Wrocław, in Poland. What a fantastic experience! It's hard to imagine how the Hindenburg was pretty much an order of magnitude larger than the NT, when even the NT is so awe inspiringly huge.

  • @Achromasloth
    @Achromasloth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    Weird criticism, I know, but I like that the footage of you on the field with the Goodyear zeppelin is sprinkled throught the video.
    Apart from being cool, I think the segments are a nice break of pace and work better than like, a whole final segment of it would.

    • @yaleseagull8662
      @yaleseagull8662 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Agreed

    • @bigballz4u
      @bigballz4u 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      how is that criticism?

    • @phoenixwright7802
      @phoenixwright7802 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      where's the criticism??

    • @Achromasloth
      @Achromasloth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My bad, I forgot "criticism" has a more negative connotation in english. I meant it more as "observation"

  • @JoakimKanon
    @JoakimKanon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    ”Goodyear?”
    Hindenburg: ”No, the worst.”

  • @fingergunpewpew760
    @fingergunpewpew760 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When he said, "Straight blimpin' baby!" i completely lost my shit, i dont know why.

  • @admiral_alman8671
    @admiral_alman8671 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You can also fly on a airship in Friedrichshafen Germany. It’s the same place where count zeppelin built the first ones too. So yeah, it’s not correct that Goodyear are the only company that offers airship travels

    • @backerkornung
      @backerkornung 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Old comment but I'm going to answer still: Goodyear is actually not even building any blimps anymore. The airships they fly are Zeppelins built in license.

  • @mr.neodymuim
    @mr.neodymuim 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    my favorite part of the video is when ordinary things says “its blimpin time” and blimps on internet historian

    • @augustgreig9420
      @augustgreig9420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "It's blumpin' time'" is one of the lines of the aviation industry, no doubt about that.

  • @givrally
    @givrally 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    "Escaping the surly bonds of earth and the Paris piss smell for all of 2 minutes"
    Finally someone who describes Paris accurately !

    • @WalterTheWalrus
      @WalterTheWalrus 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Take that, FRENCH

    • @givrally
      @givrally 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@WalterTheWalrus Hey, I'm not from Paris, I hate that city as much as y'all do !

    • @givrally
      @givrally ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@WalterTheWalrus Okay I'm gonna give an update on this, it turns out I have to stay in Paris for 5 months because the only internship I could find this year is there. It's been three weeks and I want to die.

    • @WalterTheWalrus
      @WalterTheWalrus ปีที่แล้ว

      @@givrally Well you're the one who decided to go to France. Don't blame me for your poor life choices.

  • @UnreliablyGabe
    @UnreliablyGabe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    I always joke to my friends about how it would be such a power move to just have a zeppelin, like I'll know I've made it once I can impose my dominance in a big funny balloon

    • @WalterTheWalrus
      @WalterTheWalrus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Now you can observe the pheasants from above

    • @ultimapower6950
      @ultimapower6950 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And I can ride it like a Hindenburg

  • @garfaaldo
    @garfaaldo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Holy shit, the Acron (Akron?) crashing, then having a recuse blimp fucking crash as well is hilarious.

  • @_Mute_
    @_Mute_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My professor was chief captain for one of the Goodyear "blimps" for about 15 years! I live about 15 minutes from their main Akron hanger and see it in the air all the time. Neat machines!

  • @parasoxart9948
    @parasoxart9948 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    the orchestrated Danger Zone bit made me laugh a ton :D great transition piece

  • @gownerjones
    @gownerjones 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Shoutout to Ordinary Dad who did a bang-up job with the camera work!

  • @WasatchGarandMan
    @WasatchGarandMan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    My Grandpa told me about the Hindenburg when I was a kid, he watched it crash on Film a few days after it happened. He said it was the most shocking thing he had ever seen until he fought in Korea

  • @NoirpoolSea
    @NoirpoolSea 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wonderful that you and your dad had that shared time together. A great outing!

  • @FrilledMayfly_AmberlyFerrule
    @FrilledMayfly_AmberlyFerrule 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As someone who absolutely loves steampunk and the idea of, say, living in an airship exploring the skies, or maybe delivering precious cargo and avoiding sky pirates, I love blimps/zeppelins despite how impractical they are. They're just SO cool!

  • @lego007guym8
    @lego007guym8 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    To add a footnote onto the history of the Airship, the USS Akron was featured in the equally forgettable Indiana Jones novel "Indiana Jones and the Philosopher's Stone" were Indiana Jones is given a lift across the Atlantic to Britian. During the flight, he foiled an attempt by the Italian military to sabotage it with explosives.

    • @Exeggutor_Enjoyer
      @Exeggutor_Enjoyer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You *sure* this wasn’t just a fever dream you had?
      Edit: Holy shit this is real.

    • @lego007guym8
      @lego007guym8 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Exeggutor_Enjoyer Yeah, you think I was pulling your leg? Those books were my childhood man.

  • @horacegentleman3296
    @horacegentleman3296 2 ปีที่แล้ว +215

    As much as I enjoy mocking the English their unending hostility toward the French is respectable.

    • @messwithhelpy
      @messwithhelpy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    • @OCMOOO
      @OCMOOO 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ahh the English, they're not the worst but not the best. But somehow the best and worst
      They're a sound crew

    • @Endeva09
      @Endeva09 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@OCMOOO out of interest, who is the worst and who is the best? 😊

    • @OCMOOO
      @OCMOOO 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Endeva09 Have to give it the Americans they invented the Internet but also the Internet

    • @exigency2231
      @exigency2231 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@OCMOOO the Americans didn’t invent the internet, actually a British and European invention by CERN, Timothy Berners Lee, etc

  • @alexandermichaud957
    @alexandermichaud957 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I think this is one of the most well researched, comprehensive, and entertaining historical video essays I've seen in recent memory. Well done ordinary guy

  • @goblinslayer7096
    @goblinslayer7096 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    You’re slowly becoming one of my favorite TH-camrs. Great episode.

  • @pneumonianakey
    @pneumonianakey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bro, this is literally the best documentary type video I have ever watch on TH-cam.

  • @ShredHouseGaming
    @ShredHouseGaming 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Talking on coincidence, they were redoing the Goodyear Blimp hangar in Pompano Beach, Fl a while back. The giant “goodyear” letters had to be removed to paint the hangar. A hurricane came through and the news helicopter covered it as if the storm took the letters down, they were just sitting in the parking lot in no particular order. I only knew because I did the new fire alarm and was amazed how big the letters were on the ground.

  • @charleybabb3223
    @charleybabb3223 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I was actually right near the Goodyear plant in akron, and those hangars are absolutely massive. They literally gave weather inside them. It’s awesome.

    • @LucasCunhaRocha
      @LucasCunhaRocha 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I live near the last (at least I think it is the last) Zeppelin hangar in the world in the Santa Cruz airbase in Rio de Janeiro, the structure is massive indeed, it was built by the germans in the 30s, I have seen the goodyear blimp parked there a few times, I can only imagine how massive the hinderburg would have looked.

  • @phi_nyx
    @phi_nyx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    A little error concerning the destruction of Zeppelins 12:43 , incendiary bullets had to be shooted combined with explosive bullets in between, which would ripp big holes in the hull, therefore oxygen could actually accumulate in sufficient amount so that the hydrogen could be inflamed.

    • @dimadobrik4516
      @dimadobrik4516 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Shooted isn't a thing my man, it's shot

    • @Erpyrikk
      @Erpyrikk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      the first shootdown of a zeppelin by a plane was with white phosphor filled bullets with a hole on the side that would leave a trail of white phosphor that would ignite in the air. only later did they develop exploding bullets that would ignite the zeppelins more reliably.

  • @travisumbel6877
    @travisumbel6877 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This has been amazing. I love learning about different technological marvels of humanity. One thing that completely got me was that quick clip of the 3 dudes walking along the hindenburg's metal frame at what was likely 80 feet in the air, without harnesses or any safety measures.
    That said, great video! I enjoyed the more serious side of this. It definitely felt well researched by someone who was very passionate about the subject.

  • @somebodyontheinternet1090
    @somebodyontheinternet1090 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good Tom Scott impressions love your videos no matter what bro

  • @oafkad
    @oafkad 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Blimps are so dang neat. I love casual speed travel, need more blimps and way more trains. Way way more trains.

  • @JokerForLife
    @JokerForLife 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Congrats On 800k, Well Deserved. About The Only Documentaries I Can Watch These Days!

  • @baybars26
    @baybars26 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Maaan it sucks how long these take to come out but its always a treat when they do. Love your content man. Take your time. The quality shows!

  • @barrag3463
    @barrag3463 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Blimps in the US during WWII were pretty much just used for maritime patrol, specifically to look for subs.
    Tillamook Airport in Oregon has one hangar from the time when the Naval Air Station housed a dozen blimps for that purpose; it is currently an Air Museum (as well as a place for other local historical societies to store large items like vintage tractors and locomotives, and private cold storage). Post WWII the hangars housed blimps that apparently were used to transport stuff like logs, but one of the hangars burnt down in the 90s and nowadays they only have one very small, half inflated blimp in Hangar B. The Air Museum isn't much (specially compared to the probably more accessible Evergreen in McMinnville) but I still would recommend a stop by if you're on the Oregon coast as the hangar itself is quite the sight.

  • @ditto_77
    @ditto_77 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "We have a safety record of 100%... since 2001."
    Sounds reassuring :D

  • @Edgar-is9tu
    @Edgar-is9tu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Great use of music, I especially like that you switched to Wagner after the nazis took over. Also great that you choose götterdämmerung for the Hindenburg, it fits in so many ways.

  • @Chuysgamer
    @Chuysgamer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I would honestly love to have been able to see those things flying around in the 30s or even crossing the Atlantic on one, idk they’re so majestic in a way

  • @FlowMichael
    @FlowMichael 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Everyone knows that the best airship of all time is James May's campervan blimp.

  • @giancarlo9731
    @giancarlo9731 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you very much for this video. I've always found myself fascinated by blimps and zeppelins, due to their majesty, beauty and probably to the "crimson skies: high road to revenge" game too.
    I'm glad that you mentioned the story of the Afrikaschiff too.
    Keep up the good work :)

  • @brianburch8062
    @brianburch8062 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i was just thinking to myself about a week ago "I wonder why we don't use blimps anymore." it was something I was going to look into, so your timing on this is serindipitous. You did a great job. Very thorough. Well done.

  • @lamergamer8211
    @lamergamer8211 2 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Wow, a whale that’s also a blimp! What an original and thought-provoking idea. I really hope some company that sells monster catching RPG‘s doesn’t take that idea.

    • @raptorskilltor4554
      @raptorskilltor4554 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      If their was ever a blimp designed as a whale lord I wouldn’t mind going on it and I’m scared as hell of heights

  • @LilypondMovie
    @LilypondMovie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    LZ-1 was a major missed opportunity for Led Zeppelin's debut album title

  • @ItsMeEllenB
    @ItsMeEllenB 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The British airship project was doomed from the start, I mean they chose *Bedford* as the starting point - that's the first bad omen right there!

  • @HenrikoMagnifico
    @HenrikoMagnifico 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wish airships were more common...

  • @carterp
    @carterp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The "hayseed" Wright Brothers only flew in North Carolina, all the work and small scale testing was done in their bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio. North Carolina can claim first to have controlled powered flight on their soil, but Ohio was the source. Source; Dayton local too much Wright, Dunbar, Patterson, Kettering information stuck in my head

    • @draculactica
      @draculactica 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its so weird how many Ohio residents were huge figures in aviation. A ton of famous astronauts are from Ohio as well. Maybe it's so bad there, people are compelled to tear themselves from the tyrannical clutches of gravity?

  • @robbinrobbin5582
    @robbinrobbin5582 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Just last night I was doing a kitchen close shift till 1am, and I was listening to your videos through the speakers. You said you wanted to do a video on blimps and I thought "huh, that'd be neat". I wake up today and HERE IT IS, I MANIFESTED THIS

  • @Enysum
    @Enysum 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Once again loving the editing and visuals. Love seeing how your style grows over time! This one definitely seemed like you had a lot of fun doing it. Excited to see what the comic book is like, many congratulations.

  • @maeve628
    @maeve628 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The Leviathan series by Scott Westerfeld has a fascinating way of looking at blimps--WW1 is fought with one side using airships modified to have animal characteristics, and the other using mechanical weapons.

  • @Movie_Games
    @Movie_Games 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    blimps and trains will always be cool

  • @Ikuconodule
    @Ikuconodule 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The closing segment of this one was really thoughtful and wholesome. Great vid my dude.

  • @goliathtigerfishes
    @goliathtigerfishes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I just saw my first ever blimp a week ago and I was so excited! They are so neat.

  • @notaspy1227
    @notaspy1227 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The brass band version of Danger Zone goes hard!

  • @212kirch
    @212kirch 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love how detailed these videos are! It’s so fun to see so many different talents and passions come together! Keep doing you!

  • @ughettapbacon
    @ughettapbacon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I did not immediately stop the video after you said straight blimping. Stellar work as always. Keep them coming.

  • @microknife19
    @microknife19 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You sang the blimp song and I am eternally grateful.

  • @sterlinsilver
    @sterlinsilver 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I'm not so sad about blimps, as long as we all have zeppelins (which are essentially the blimps' cooler cousin) I'll be fine.
    Oh
    Oh no

  • @jamesm3471
    @jamesm3471 2 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    I love this little guy, he’s just the best.

    • @Nebulousart
      @Nebulousart 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yeah, he’s such a cool little guy, wish I could hold him in my hands

    • @omnissiahGaspar
      @omnissiahGaspar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      He's such a cool little guy I wish British people were real

    • @Fripplingakarhano
      @Fripplingakarhano 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      What a funny little character

  • @thebigsida6645
    @thebigsida6645 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    You're such a great channel dude! I remember finding your channel when you only had like 2k subs and thinking this guy deserves way more! Keep working hard your videos are fantastic!

  • @maenad1231
    @maenad1231 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like that the first hot air balloons and first planes were first invented by sibling teams.
    Idk why I just do