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Originally Posted by Letum
Whats the point of super-sonic aircraft?
I would rather have a more comftable, but slow plane than a faster one.
Something you could walk around it with a bar would be nice. Perhaps a viewing platform as well and a cafe.
Bring back the zeppalin.
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Zeppelins are more than just slow...they're too expensive to operate in the modern world. Keep in mind it's not just the cost of the lifting gas, ballast, and fuel, but there's also the lack of pilots, the multi-million cost of building them in the first place, and the very expensive ground-crew costs and the MASSIVE hangars required to house the zeppelins in storms.
Zeppelin hangars at Moffett Field along the runways (former home to the USS Akron and USS Macon, US Navy Zeppelins):
What can happen when an airship is not placed in a hangar:
