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Helium was arguably part of the "problem" with US LTA development, it gave a false sense of security with the idea you didn't have to worry about bursting into flames. The Germans on the other hand were a lot more conservative and cautious BECAUSE they were flying around in hydrogen filled airships. Hindenburg was due to a number of factors few of which the crew could have done anything about really. And you're asking a LOT with the smoking thing as it was socially on the rise at the time (And didn't have anything to do with any of the hydrogen airship accidents )[quot]On the subject of Russian technological development ... Russia produced some very smart engineers, but they were limited by the Russian economy. A Russia that industrialized more rapidly would need far more long-range airplanes.By liberalization, I mean liberalization for a few noblemen and a few captains of industry. Factory workers and peasants would still toil hard all their lives without ever learning how to read, much less visit other parts of the Russian Empire. A smart Tzar would allow a few nobles and capitalists to profit as long as they shared profits with the Romanov Dynasty.
Helium was arguably part of the "problem" with US LTA development, it gave a false sense of security with the idea you didn't have to worry about bursting into flames. The Germans on the other hand were a lot more conservative and cautious BECAUSE they were flying around in hydrogen filled airships. Hindenburg was due to a number of factors few of which the crew could have done anything about really. And you're asking a LOT with the smoking thing as it was socially on the rise at the time (And didn't have anything to do with any of the hydrogen airship accidents )
[quot]On the subject of Russian technological development ... Russia produced some very smart engineers, but they were limited by the Russian economy. A Russia that industrialized more rapidly would need far more long-range airplanes.
By liberalization, I mean liberalization for a few noblemen and a few captains of industry. Factory workers and peasants would still toil hard all their lives without ever learning how to read, much less visit other parts of the Russian Empire. A smart Tzar would allow a few nobles and capitalists to profit as long as they shared profits with the Romanov Dynasty.
A 'smart' Tzar would be a key as it was often the matter of whim what got done and what didn't.
Randy
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