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The British never learned how to make dirigibles[1], the Americans never learned how to operate them; all non-German airship projects were failures.
That's why Zeppelin became synonymous with "rigid dirigible airship". Because all other projects failed.
[1] R100 was a good design... but it was scrapped because of politics, and never entered service.
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The British never learned how to make dirigibles[1], the Americans never learned how to operate them; all non-German airship projects were failures.
That's why Zeppelin became synonymous with "rigid dirigible airship". Because all other projects failed.
[1] R100 was a good design... but it was scrapped because of politics, and never entered service.