That is pretty slow! They won't be doing much flying in strong winds,
I should guess.
And that must be one of the aspects of airships that militate agains
their commercial use: their lack of speed when it comes to changing
winds. But for tours of beautiful scenery it must be utterly wonderful.
Chris
On 15 Jan 2009, at 07:06, Richard Man wrote:
> The company website quotes 77mph!
>
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 11:03 PM, Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> It must have had a strong tailwind then, Richard.
>>
>> Although I must admit that I have never looked at the performance
>> figures for an airship; my assessment has been based on the very few
>> I've seen in flight.
>>
>> Chris
>
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