Report to the Air Coordinating Committee Relative to the Commercial Possibilities of Lighter-air Aircraft ...1946 - 39 pages |
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3500-mile Operation accommodations advantage air lines airplane airship operations airship program aluminum alloy amount annual appear approximately basis Boeing buoyancy capacity cargo operation cent commercial lighter-than-air construction costs per plane-mile cruising speed cubic cubic-foot displacement direct flying costs DIRECT OPERATING COST dynamic lift Eastern Air Lines economy envelope equipment fabric fire hazard fixed charges fuel consumption gas cell Goodyear Aircraft Corporation Graf Graf Zeppelin greater gross lift ground crews gust hangar Helium Purification Hindenburg hull improved increase lifting gas lighter-than-air aircraft lighter-than-air program lighter-than-air services line maintenance lower speed Luftschiffbau Zeppelin metal-clad airship Mile Flight Mile Operation miles per hour Navy non-rigid airship overhaul Pan American Airways passenger pay load permit plane pounds power plants preheat Profit on Investment propellers Pullman reduced rigid airship route Ship Mile specific fuel consumption steamship strength structural take-off terminal ton-miles Total Operating Costs traffic travel market trips water-recovery Zeppelin officials