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by dudisubekti 613 days ago
But even then, forecasted storms mean more delay to the already-slow airship.

Also the airship is simply too slow to dodge any sudden severe weather, even if they saw it coming hours before.

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Perhaps. Airships will likely want to travel along jet streams since the wind speeds can outpace the airspeed of the airship. The neat thing here is that weather that will be problematic can be predicted days in advance, not just hours. Even 2 hours gets you pretty far in an airship in wind-calm, especially compared to (say) container ships. When you aren't in wind-calm, you can probably take advantage of winds by choosing your altitude wisely.