[Uffau] Lso was responsible to a larg

[Eskola Kemfort]

Zeppelin service in which four airships were used, namely, Schwaben,
Victoria Luise, Hansa and Sachsan. During this period
over 17,000 passengers were
carried a total distance
of over 100,000 miles without incurring a single fatal
accident. Numerous English people made trips in these airships,
including Viscount Jellicoe, but the success of the company has
apparently been
forgotten. We have endeavoured to show that the non-rigid airship has
potentialities even for commercial purposes, but there is no doubt
whatever that the future of the airship in the commercial world rests
entirely with
the rigid type, and the airships of this type moreover must be of
infinitely greater capacity than those at present
in existence, if a return is to be expected for the capital
invested in them. General Sykes stated, in the paper which he read
before the London Chamber of Commerce, "that for commercial purposes
the airship is eminently
adapted for long-distance

journeys involving

non-stop flights. It has this inherent advantage over the aeroplane,
that while
there appears to be a limit to the range of the aeroplane as at
present constructed, there is practically no limit whatever to that of
the airship, as this can be overcome by merely increasing the size. It
thus appears that for such journeys
as crossing
the Atlantic, or crossing the
Pacific from the west coast of America to Australia or Japan, the
airship will be peculiarly suitable." He also remarked that,
"it having been conceded that the
scope of the airship is long-distance travel, the only type which need
be considered for this purpose is the rigid. The
rigid airship is still in an embryonic state, but sufficient has
already been accomplished
in this country, and more particularly in Germany, to show that with
increased capacity there
is no reason why, within a few years' time,

airships should not be built capable of completing the circuit of the
globe and of
conveying sufficient passengers and merchandise to render such an
undertaking a paying proposition."
The report of the Civil Aerial Transport Committee also states that,
"airships are th
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