Is there a reason airships/zeppelins aren’t really used anymore?

by mitch-bittens

Looking back at old pictures and seeing German airships and such is always interesting. I like how they look sort of retro futuristic and I feel like it’d be a cool experience to ride one. Is there a reason they never became too popular as passenger/transportation vehicles? I guess maybe stuff like the Hindenburg accident is a good reason but by now you’d think we’d have better technology for it.

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While you're waiting for a more in-depth answer, you might be interested in this thread asking a similar question:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/68wl4p/what_caused_the_decline_of_the_zeppelin_as_a_form/

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