This jaw-dropping shot of an airship under construction gives you a great idea of just how complex these things were, I still think it’s a damn shame that we don’t have craft like this making their way across the northern Atlantic between London and New York.
Sure it’d take a few days, but what an extraordinary ride it’d be.
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