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Re:A380 cancellations by Qantas raise new questions about th... by chrischen on Thursday February 07, 2019 @10:05PM (#19111177)
Blimps were large overall, but pretty sure the actual passenger area was still tiny.
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Re:A380 cancellations by Qantas raise new questions about th... by jahewson on Thursday February 07, 2019 @11:31PM (#19111549)
They were much bigger than it seems, with cabins inside the main structure of the airship itself:

https://www.airships.net/lz-130-graf-zeppelin/

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Re:A380 cancellations by Qantas raise new questions about th... by gdpgreg on Thursday February 07, 2019 @11:17PM (#19111480)
They were very mass limited, you only get 1kg of lifting ability per cube of gas.
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