Remember when: Dreams of circling the earth in a hot air balloon are back!

Ray Bergman
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Does anyone remember the movie Around the World in 80 Days? In the period it was set in, flying around the world in a hot air balloon was seen as madness, crazy, and foolish. But once the modern airplane came to be, many of those balloon dreams faded away.


Well, get ready to see them revived again as there are plans for a zero-emission airship adventure across Europe coming soon.
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/hav-modern-zero-emissions-dirigible-airship/



What other adventures from periods long ago would you like to see revived?

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  • Rachel Cavalier
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    I must confess - I'm only really familiar with the version where Phileas Fogg is a lion!


    As for long-ago adventures - I don't think that this really ever went away, but personally I would love to go on more long train journeys. No Murder on the Orient Express though, something a little less exciting ?
  • Faith Murray
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    I remember reading the book in lit class long ago. The book is better than the movie, btw -- as usual! ? And, one of the very few sci fi books written by Jules Verne that could actually have happened. The rest of his works, like Journey to the Center of the Earth, were based on scientific speculations of the time that were rapidly outdated!
  • Bobby Steurer
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    The article started with some Maiden lyrics, so it's automatically good.


    The Airlander10 seems equally good and cool, too!
  • Patti Hommes
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    I saw the original (I'm old! :)) and I loved it! I would love to have a Chitty Chitty Bang Bang to fly over all of the ridiculous traffic there is now!!! Or a vehicle from the Jetsons!!

  • Brandon Frank
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    Around the World in Eighty Days & Journey of Discovery by Three Englishmen in Africa are two of my favorite books!

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