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A hard-shelled dirigible. (Read the full article)
| "The helium dirigibles Akron and Macon also crashed. As did the British R-101. The Hindenburg torched because of the doping of the airframe. The USN blimp fleet of WWII was very manpower expensive. Zeps could make a comeback, but it was always more than just the gas " (defro1378 10/4/2004 7:39:56 PM ) |
| "Brit and US dirigibles were lost due to ignoring German experience and advice, lack of weather data and radar, mismanagement, foolish mis-modification, and US Navy hostility (at the time) to aviation of any kind.
I agree with defro1378 that dirigibles could make a comeback, and several attempts have already been made, but it may take a contract for a military airship to absorb the intial development costs before we would see commercial freighters and such. Here's hoping!
" (robur 10/19/2006 4:42:49 AM ) |
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