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Re:Flying Aircraft Carriers (2019) by jandrese on Thursday April 18, 2024 @01:27AM (#40073251)
The flipside is they may not be fast enough to dodge quick moving weather systems.
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Re:Flying Aircraft Carriers (2019) by dredmorbius on Thursday April 18, 2024 @03:12AM (#40073735)
Or capable of climbing above them.

Airships have pretty surprisingly low service ceilings, and experience a huge trade-off in payload capacity (by weight) vs. operating altitude.

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