A 1934 proposal compares seaborne carriers with airships carrying five aeroplanes apiece. Seven airships could therefore carry 35 aircraft, and the proposal claims lower acquisition and staffing costs per aircraft. It also treats airships as fleet scouts and questions the Cabinet decision that had removed them from the naval constructor's responsibility. Maintaining those aircraft inside an airship is immediately challenged. The later objection also stresses airship vulnerability, so the payload and cost comparison does not settle the proposal's practicality.
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The 1934 case for aircraft-carrying airships
A proposal for aircraft-carrying airships claims savings in cost and personnel while raising a practical objection about aircraft maintenance.