Discussion of merits and demerits of flying ship; operational efficiency, expressed in ton/miles per gallon of fuel, is higher for flying ship than for corresponding landplane; landing gear problems alone may conceivably set much lower limit to size of landplane; prototype design and development period would be much less for flying ship; cost and insurance.
Merchant flying ship
Flight
Flight ; 48 , n 1906
1945
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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