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.


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    Title :

    Merchant flying ship


    Additional title:

    Flight


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Flight ; 48 , n 1906


    Publication date :

    1945


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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