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This was in Point Pleasant, NJ, back in 2022.
Why don’t you think blimps are flown anymore, or was it just this particular Shark Week one?
I thought airships were retired after the Hindenburg incident. I’d heard they were working on helium filled ones to avert future similar disasters, but didn’t realise they were in general use yet. I live in London and have never seen one.
As of 2021 there were about 25 piloted airships in existence and they all use helium for lifting gas. I don’t see them often, but I’ve seen them used for advertising many times in the sky above New Jersey and Connecticut.
If there are only 25, it makes sense I haven’t seen any.
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