Since the Hindenburg disaster in 1937, helium has replaced hydrogen as a lifting gas in blimps and balloons due to its lightness and incombustibility, despite an 8.6% decrease in buoyancy.
Siden LZ 129 Hindenburg-katastrofen i 1937, har helium erstattet hydrogen som bæregas i blimps og balloner grundet dets lethed og uforbrændelighed trods en 8,6% nedgang i opdriften.