Try as I might, I can find very few inventors, enthusiasts, engineers who were experimenting with light-than-air flight in America. Solomon Andrews seems to be the only name I can find. Did American have enough interest to develop airships in this nation, or were we more focused of the heavier-than-air aspect of the problem. I ask, because it seem to me that the epicenter of airship development was in Europe, where heavier-than-air development took a back seat (probably because that HTA powered, even gliding flight was more difficult and was not perceived as a practical expedient to commercial success. I can go deeper into those thoughts at another time. I know that there were American entrepreneurs who considered airship lines to complete with the railroad, but I can find relatively little information of these mysterious American airship enthusiasts (and if any one is even thinking about mentioning Charles Dellschau to me, please don't). Let me hear from you all and we can start a discussion on this topic, if it is one and not a wild goose chase.