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Originally Posted by tanksoldier
If airships had developed in parallel with heavier than air craft, they would be equally advanced.
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Is this instead of airships getting a 3 year head start?
In our timeline airships did develop in parallel with HTAs until they were hopelessly out-competed. Hindenburg didn't even really compare that well with the large flying boats.
The Navy blimps sailed on in that last historical role of long duration oceanic patrol and radar picket for about 25 years after Hindenburg. Then they were out-competed even for that.
Now that I think of it there might be another possible role. Contrary to another post jet airplanes actually did do away with one type of ship the long distance utilitarian passenger liner. However what are essentially floating resort hotels do remain. Hindenburg was even closer to one of these than utilitarian transportation in its' time. You might see purely luxury aerial cruises to nowhere in some possible futures.