airships of the future
Did Count von Zeppelin play both sides in WW1? Should Zeps be illegal?
OR ARE THEY THE FUTURE OF AVIATION?
Chapter 2 covers the so called Golden Age opening with a brief narration of the British rigid airship R-34’s round-trip Atlantic crossing in 1919 (a date not given in the text) then describes the test flight crash of R-38. The narration continues with the saving of the Zeppelin Company by building the US W.W.I reparations airship Zeppelin LZ-126, later christened Los Angeles. The balance of the chapter briefly narrates the building of the famous Graf Zeppelin and its round-the-world and early flights.
Count von Zeppelin worked strictly for the German gov’t in WW1, the Allies used their own airship designs.
Why would airships be “illegal”? That makes as much sense as saying, “multi-engine propeller-driven aircraft were bombers in WW2-so those should be illegal”.
There MAY and I emphasize “may” be a future role for airships especially in freight haulage to remote locations: the biggest issue-and least efficient means vis-a-vis fuel expenditure per load, is trucking goods from railheads/airports/ports to their final destinations. An airship would be able to deliver directly from factory/warehouse to the consumer. In fact, a firm in Salt Lake City is experimenting with rigid airships (one prototype did a cross-country to Las Vegas a couple years back). Other than some sightseeing flights-airships probably won’t be carrying passengers in any amount in the near future.
Airship Project Video
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Airborne Invasion 1913 Photo Mugs An airborne invasion – on the eve of World War One, Britain imagines what an airborne invasion would be like, a combined force of aeroplanes and airships…. |
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Fighter Planes 1913 Photo Mugs Fighter planes attack an airship during an airborne invasion of Britain ; the higher aeroplane is a Vickers 80 h.p., the lower a Grahame- White military biplane…. |
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future airship Race Photo Mugs WILD IDEAS A race-meeting of the future in days to come, Le Grand Prix de Paris will be run not with horses but with airships… …. |
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British Airships, Past, Present, and Future $1.99 This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery…. |
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Master of the World [Illustrated] (Steampunk Adventures) $2.99 * IllustratedTHE NOTORIOUS PIRATE of the clouds returns! Robur the Conqueror, sky captain of the legendary Albatross (as was told of in STEAMPUNK ADVENTURES EPISODE 5), once again schemes to control the world with his mad aeronautical inventions. This time, he has created a lightning-fast auto-velox, a Nemoesque submarine, and an invisible airship. Or can they possibly all three be the same vehicl… |
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