Guinness World Record is 115 km/h, a blistering 72 miles per hour.
That’s a stripped down machine made for “speed”. Anything made for “work” is going to be considerably slower. Don’t get me wrong, airships were an important stepping stone for aviation but none of them can compete with an airplane for utility.
Yeah, no. I’m back at a real computer and thought about this so I went and looked.
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-speed-for-an-airship
Guinness World Record is 115 km/h, a blistering 72 miles per hour.
That’s a stripped down machine made for “speed”. Anything made for “work” is going to be considerably slower. Don’t get me wrong, airships were an important stepping stone for aviation but none of them can compete with an airplane for utility.