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Subject: Airships
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Date: 31 May 91 15:34:00 GMT
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To my knowledge, Airships have been considered repeatedly for use as
heavy air transport, and as inexpensive radar platforms by the navy.
Little has ever come of it.

It would seem with the availability of Helium, and the recent advances
in control technology and polymer materials, the early problems that
led to the demise of the US Airships in the 1930's could be overcome.

This is a bit off the cuff, but I strongly suspect that they would make
excellent roll-on-roll-off heavy transport, given time/money to do
system developement.

S. Frezza