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JasperPie In reply to cowboyjt [2017-10-17 00:07:52 +0000 UTC]

...Well they're on BOARD the Zeppelin throughout the whole episode.

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cowboyjt In reply to JasperPie [2017-10-17 00:13:49 +0000 UTC]

Where? I only saw them on a Semi-Rigid Dirigible Balloon. That is not even the same type of dirigible as a Zeppelin.
A zeppelin being a type of Rigid Dirigible Balloon designed, built by, and named after Count Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin.

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JasperPie In reply to cowboyjt [2017-10-17 00:14:44 +0000 UTC]

Well... pony designs for vehicles have always taken liberties

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cowboyjt In reply to JasperPie [2017-10-19 20:43:44 +0000 UTC]

I should also like to note:
The company Count von Zeppelin founded, Luftschiffbau Zeppelin, is still operating and, to my knowladge, still hold the trademark for the name ’Zeppelin’.
So there may be a problem with the show using it, correct depiction or not.

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JasperPie In reply to cowboyjt [2017-10-19 20:46:46 +0000 UTC]

...you didn't think highly of this episode I'm guessing?

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cowboyjt In reply to JasperPie [2017-10-19 20:58:34 +0000 UTC]

The episode was great, it's just the name and use of 'zeppelin' that irritates me.
This misuse of the name 'Zeppelin' not only waters down the legacy of Ferdinand von Zeppelin and his family name,
But also overshadows the works of Giffard who invented the first true dirigible balloon on the 24th of September, 1852.
(In a somber note: In response to failing eyesight and heath, Giffard committed suicide in 1882.)

This kind of blunter, a mistake that can be found through the simplest of research, is now serving to propagate the malaprop of 'Zeppelin=Airship'.
I have been researching the history of aeronautics for five years now, and as a historian:
The fact that this was in an 'educational' show for children makes my heart sink.

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JasperPie In reply to cowboyjt [2017-10-19 21:38:40 +0000 UTC]

Uh.... not sure they're going for EDUCATION, just ENTERTAINMENT and slice-of-life

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cowboyjt In reply to JasperPie [2017-10-19 21:42:09 +0000 UTC]

Thus why educational was in parentheses.
But what I said still stands: It gives children misinformation.

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cowboyjt In reply to JasperPie [2017-10-17 00:31:05 +0000 UTC]

Liberties that involve changing quite literally everything about the design, other than that it is dirigible balloon?
Would you call a Ford Model 'A' a Ferrari because they both have four wheels?

No to mention that referring to all aerostats as 'Zeppelins' waters-down Zeppelin's achievements and overshadows the work of Baptiste Henri Giffard.
But that is a another story.

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