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Why The Airship Was A Design Disaster - Cheddar Explains
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November 24, 2020
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12:48Now PlayingAirships were once believed to be the future of human flight. Even with competition from airplanes, airships remained the preferred form of air travel up until the early 1940s. So why did they fall out of favor so quickly and which flaws ultimately made them a design disaster?
Further Reading:
Empires of the Sky by Alexander Rose
BBC
History.com
Zeppelin History
National Balloon Museum
Foreign Policy
Smithsonian
Popular Mechanics
Air and Space
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