Comments by "Keit Hammleter" (@keithammleter3824) on "Awful Disasters That Killed the Airship" video.

Accidents, horrible as they were, are not the reason why airships are not in use today. All forms of people transport were subject to horrific accidents until experience showed what needed to be done to make them safe. Railways, ocean liners, etc. Airships were a dead end technology, only viable before airliners were developed. What killed off airships was a fundamental fact; the ratio of surface area to lift is very very unfavourable compared to fixed wing aircraft. This makes them too dependent on weather conditions, and requiring excessive fuel consumption for a given speed. Imagine how much land area would be needed to house airships The huge zepelins could only carry about 50 people) if they existed today, carrying as many passengers an as much freight as today's airliners.
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