The Goodyear Blimp Disaster of 1919 | Episode 36

If you think going to the bank can be a hassle, and always wondered what’s the difference between flammable and inflammable, have we got a story for you.

On this episode: you’ll hear about the worst bank deposit in aviation history; you’ll learn why you should never parachute without practice; and you’ll learn the medical effects of reverse-telescoping your legs into your abdomen.

When I say we’re about to rediscover the tale of America’s very first aeronautic disaster, you would think this would be better known. Especially after you find out it was a blimp! We spend so much time romanticizing all those people who burned to death on the Hindenburg. No one sheds a tear for those poor people who took the Goodyear Blimp to the bank that September morning. It was an incident as unusual as it was upsetting, and without this episode, it may have completely disappeared from the public conscience because it was almost immediately minimized by other events in a heavy news cycle.

But I won’t all be bad. We’ll talk about some more light-hearted things too. Like why today there are more astronauts than blimp pilots in the world. RIP the blimp industry.


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