At its current stated speed of 75mph it would take over 45hrs to get from New York to London. Not sure how it would fare in the winds, but it would probably be a quiet ride.
I don't even know if the classical dirigibles even make that noise. It just gives me dopamine.
I relearned a similar lesson while hiking the Appalachian Trail this year, I stayed at a paid campsite by the railroad tracks.
I thought I was going to hate it, but somehow my adult, self-believed rational self turned into a gasp-giggling, excitedly-breathing, and hand-clapping and jumping up and down experience whenever a train came by (and blew its horn at full volume because we were right freaking near a train crossing).
Intellectually I don't have the strongest passion for trains, but viscerally is something else. It did not matter if it woke me at 4-5 in the morning, I would always lift the hammock tarp and find myself very excited each time.
My emotions about the issue are roughly about the same as if you personally suddenly found your body and brain doing that around trains. I'll probably seek trains out more for that reason (because it feels...amazing!), and continue working through whatever residual shame lies in authentically experiencing such a thing as my self with that kind of joy. My brain may be autistic, but my soul is not, so some things require adjustment. <3 :')))) ;')))) :')))) <3
Still, what a beautiful thing to have such small things to make me extremely happy, no matter how unexpected or "strange", given the context.
In fact, from a quick Youtube check, the Goodyear Blimp sounds a lot like any other propeller driven plane on takeoff. While LTA's design is electric and hopefully quieter, it adds evidence that the desired sound from movies is probably fiction.
Edit: clarity
I'm not sure how to describe it, it is a sensorially very unique and pleasant experience for me hearing it.
Here's one example, starting roughly around 7-8 seconds or so: https://youtu.be/ah7I6jr-gKQ?feature=shared
I listened to some older zeppelin/dirigible recordings based on your comment and they seem to make a rather nice, but also not as-euphoric fan whine. Noooooo, that is quite disappointing!
I think there's one game that had an extremely highly punctuated, very clockwork-like soundtrack in one of its worlds that used the dirigible-whip sound as a base layer for one of its themes whenever you were in that part of the world. I'll see if I can find it.
Curious that it shows up in a few places, there _has_ to be able origin for why people who are designers associate it with airships. It likely wouldn't just occur by chance....
Like many things in autism, I have effectively 0 clue why: https://youtu.be/rdnITafjFcQ?si=2mCNpD9zne8YjaKq
When I learned about how it was basically a shot for shit remake of Zero Hour, AND the story of how and why they basically got to remake it, it tickled me even further.
Sorta reminds me of the infamous official "Ghost Stories" dub, which is....uh.... something else. Er. Lol.
Edit, I found this information in a different article:
It could eventually carry up to 14 people and has a cargo capacity of up to 11,000 pounds. To that end, LTA says the airship will be primarily used to bring humanitarian aid (food and supplies) to remote areas that are difficult to access via traditional aircraft and vehicles.
It seems to be doing the best job so far at providing reduced latency while scaling coverage fast. From what I've seen, everyone else was stuck in a niche mentality, willing to milk that niche with high prices. Starlink is the first thing to come along aimed at completely solving last mile for out of the way locations.
It is an order of magnitude improvement.