It was also incredibly slow and easily outclassed by planes. The disaster merely accelerated an already obvious sidelining. That's why we have air disasters and nobody sane suggests getting rid of passenger planes, because there's no better alternative.

80mph is supposedly the max speed of an airship, imagine how ridiculously long it would take to get any distance where even a car of that era such as the Fiat 1100 , which could do 68mph, only 12 less than the airship, would not be the best option.

It was also incredibly slow and easily outclassed by planes. The disaster merely accelerated an already obvious sidelining. That's why we have air disasters and nobody sane suggests getting rid of passenger planes, because there's no better alternative.

80mph is supposedly the max speed of an airship, imagine how ridiculously long it would take to get any distance where even a car of that era such as the Fiat 1100 , which could do 68mph **on landwould not be the best option.

It was also incredibly slow and easily outclassed by planes. The disaster merely accelerated an already obvious sidelining. That's why we have air disasters and nobody sane suggests getting rid of passenger planes, because there's no better alternative.

80mph is supposedly the max speed of an airship, imagine how ridiculously long it would take to get any distance where even a car of that era, like the Ford Model T, would not be the better option.