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Chock · 08-09-07, 05:58 PM

The alternate reality one you are thinking of is 'Crimson Skies', an MS release.

Since airships were fairly invulnerable for a large part of the First World War owing to the fact that they operated at night and flew at around 14-18,000 feet, and it was deemed so hard to get near one that the first RFC guy to shoot one down got the Victoria Cross, I suspect flying Zeppelins might make a rather dull game. When they became more vulnerable to Allied aircraft with Buckingham incendiary ammunition, a better rate of climb and a higher service ceiling, the Germans largely replaced them with conventional 'Gotha' bomber aircraft.

Count Von Zeppelin is on record as saying at the time that: 'The Zeppelin in an antiquated weapon, the aircraft will rule the skies.'

As far as I recall, there are one or two sims in which you can fly a Zeppelin though, CFS3's Over Flanders Fields add-on being one of them if you fancy trying it.

If you are really a glutton for punishment, you could watch the appallingly bad 'Zeppelin' movie with Michael York for some inspiration.

Chock

08-09-07, 05:58 PM	#6
Chock Sea Lord Join Date: May 2005 Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England Posts: 1,842 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The alternate reality one you are thinking of is 'Crimson Skies', an MS release. Since airships were fairly invulnerable for a large part of the First World War owing to the fact that they operated at night and flew at around 14-18,000 feet, and it was deemed so hard to get near one that the first RFC guy to shoot one down got the Victoria Cross, I suspect flying Zeppelins might make a rather dull game. When they became more vulnerable to Allied aircraft with Buckingham incendiary ammunition, a better rate of climb and a higher service ceiling, the Germans largely replaced them with conventional 'Gotha' bomber aircraft. Count Von Zeppelin is on record as saying at the time that: 'The Zeppelin in an antiquated weapon, the aircraft will rule the skies.' As far as I recall, there are one or two sims in which you can fly a Zeppelin though, CFS3's Over Flanders Fields add-on being one of them if you fancy trying it. If you are really a glutton for punishment, you could watch the appallingly bad 'Zeppelin' movie with Michael York for some inspiration. Chock __________________ Last edited by Chock; 08-09-07 at 06:12 PM.