Building my own Zeppelin

"Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message
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| On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 12:55:01 GMT, "Eric Miller" wrote:
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| "Alberto Panno-Peano" wrote in message
| . com...
| I want to want to build an evil Zeppelin to fly around and terrorize
the
| people.
|
| What do I need ?
|
| You can start by stopping off at your local party supply store and asking
| for 18,869,217 helium ballons, and some netting to hold them all. Spring
for
| the mylar ones, they last longer.
|
| Not the mylar ones, they have too large a radar signature. The forces of
| good will be able to track you to your secret mountain fortress too
easily.

Hydrogen is the only way to go. Otherwise how will your secret mountain
fortress blow itself up when the good hero destroys you? Modern villains
usually have the computer do it, but the Universal Explodatron 9000 would
look out of place with your secret Zeppelin works, hydrogen refinery, and
sub-human minions. You wouldn't want any electronics more advanced than
maybe a Tesla coil or some Jacobs ladders for effect.