Comments by "SmallSpoonBrigade" (@SmallSpoonBrigade) on "Should Airships Make A Comeback?" video.

That sort of thing is likely the only thing they're useful for other than flying over sports matches. Just about everything that you can do with them can be done with other vehicles that are already being produced. I do think that having them flying over disaster areas and picking up survivors that would normally be done via boat or helicopter is a worthwhile reason to have them, but it's questionable whether that's a better solution than remotely controlled boats.
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@TheMrPeteChannel Which likely won't happen due to the Hindenburg, even though that disaster was likely due to the material they used to cover the outside. The problem with these ultimately comes down to the massive volume you need in order to achieve a decent sized payload and their extremely slow speed when compared with airplanes. I think that with the advancements in computerized flight, as in the programs used to run drones, that this is likely the last, and est, shot these will have at being viable as at least now they can be held in a stationary position to do things like serve as a sky crane the OP referenced.
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@hmcm596 There's a practicality issue here. Had the Germans foreseen the issues of static discharge, the technology likely would have died out in the '60s as commercial airliners started to catch on. These airships were marvels of the time, but it took 43 hours to cross the Atlantic. When I visited Europe it took roughly 9 hours to go from the west coast of the US to The Netherlands. Which is literally thousands of miles longer in roughly a quarter the time. If time isn't important, then you've got ships and trains that are even more efficient and already have plenty of facilities for handling the flow of goods and passengers.
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At most, I could seem them being useful for a few niche applications like hovering in place for days on end to rapidly deploy temporary cell service after a natural disaster. But, there's not much that you can do with the technology that there aren't better options for these days. Especially now that quadrocopters have gotten so impressive based on advancements in computerized control systems.
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@fabianlaibin6956 That reminds me of Tale Spin.
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