12 ever hear about the age of Airships? rumor has it that alot of history is completely fabricated, and this aspect of the 1700s thru 1800s is often over looked. Only docked at the empire state building once for 2 mins btw🙄 (media.scored.co) posted 2 years ago by BladesLastBottle 2 years ago by BladesLastBottle +14 / -2 26 comments share 26 comments share save hide report block hide replies
If you're interested you should read "Slide Rule" by Nevile Shute who worked on the R100 (the ship moored to the Empire State building)
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/406442/slide-rule-by-nevil-shute/9781409087458
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R100
The crash of the R101, killing everyone, ended that project.
Then the jet engine arrived