Real Lighter-Than-Air Ships

* See also Zeppelin_on_the_Brain
* See also Technology_In_Columbias_Era
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This (Graf Zeppelin) was one of the few airships that was commercially successful ( and even then its expense was subsidized as a German Government Prestige Object ).
LOOK at how Large it is. All that to carry only 20 passengers in an extremely cramped cabin at the equivalent of SST passenger fares.
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These Rigid Airships were a dead end ( Airplanes simply zoomed past them in all capabilities ). SO Why would Fink/Comstock make use of these failures IF they supposedly could see the future ? The Fantasy Quantum Floatyness would have opened up so many advances, but retaining the still largely undeveloped and ineffective 'Lighter than Air' designs makes no real sense.
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^^^ It is not like there weren't 1000 good photographs and diagrams (and many websites) to show the gamemakers what REAL airships are SUPPOSED to Look Like !!! 
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1920s/Early 1930s (Real World LATER ) - Dirigibles Were Giving Airplanes "A Run For Their Money" :
* Longer ranged (to cross oceans). 
* Luxurious compared to cramped airplanes ( Zeppelins could have SPACE, if not much lifting capacity ).
Competing, At least, until the Hindenburg "went up like a cheap Chinese lantern" at Lakehurst, New Jersey in 1937. In reality 'safe' Helium was in very short supply and explosive Hydrogen was the only alternative.
Structural problems in bad weather, with their sheer size and clumsiness, was a heavy liability. ( Early Airplanes had similar problems, but fewer extreme complications )
Airplane development later accelerated, and the coming WW2 pushed that technology even further.
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AirshipInterior.jpg|Passenger area on the Hindenburg
ZeppelinsReallyArtDeco.jpg|Zeppelin in Rapture ??? DON'T YOU GO THERE !!!
Streamlined-airship.jpg
Zepzep.jpg|Real things just have a 'Real' look about them
Eventhisferriswheelhasmorerealistic.jpg|Even this carnival Ferris wheel had more REALISTIC dirigibles than Infinite BS.
TheFirstColumbia.jpg
Realsheet.jpg
Stillmorelikeazep.jpg
SimpleDIRIGIBLE.jpg|Typical Airship shape
Theysflyin.jpg
Looksmorefuturistic.jpg|Early Dirigible
Zepdiner.jpg|Zeppelins as a Cultural Phenomenon
GrafII.jpg
Expositionhall.jpg|1889 ( but look at the size of that exposition hall )
Realzeppelin.jpg|Just before or at start of WW1
Airshipport.jpg|Humongus Facilities required ( one reason airplanes succeeded them )
Boardinganairship.jpg|Loading on a giant open field required to handle airships
Mooring.jpg|Late Era Dirigible design (VERY Streamlined)
Wholelottaguys.jpg|Huge ground crews were required 
Theysflyin.jpg|Graf Zeppelin - when just flying around the World was a BIG thing ...
Zepstore.jpg|Airships were in the public consciousness
1894IdeaPoppedInto.jpg|1894 times 'Thought' about aerial activities
Earlydirighangar.jpg|Early days. Redesign seems to require that dug out to fit bigger one
MoreAzeppelin.jpg|Actually a 'recorder car' on a Railroad, but looks far more real than those weird 'artists' Zeppelin interiors
FinksCattleSlaughteringMachine.jpg|Airship technology took decades to become mature ( and in the end lost out to airplanes )
GrafZeppp.jpg|Note - as large as it was, it carried only 20 paying passengers (TRUE)
Zep1908.jpg
ComstockPicksLosers.jpg|Passenger Hydroplane - Too bad the gamemakers had chronic 'Zeppelin On The Brain'
RealAirship.jpg|They had to build these even larger structures to protect airships
1931Z.jpg|Airships could be moored to specially equipped ships - The dirigible is the USS Los Angeles
Hindenwhatzit.jpg|Comstock wasn't a very good Prophet, was he ?
HydrogenBaaaad.jpg|Warning, Hydrogen Catches Fire
LookIntoFuture.jpg|With Alleged Seeing into the Future ability - Comstock/Fink Were MORONS - 'Zeppelins' were a DEAD END technology.
1910AirShow.jpg|Technology from the era - primitive - and STILL the work of Talented Individuals
Paris1903.jpg|Tech sucked through a Tear doesn't seem to plausibly work with Fink peeking and scribbling a notebook ...
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Levine & Co Knew about as much about mechanics of airflight as they did of American Religion
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