The "arguments" of dirigible enthusiasts were met by dirigible non-enthusiasts and "steamship men" in this wise: A dirigible must always remain expensive; to make the gas .
New York City’s Skyscraper War New York City is witnessing a type of skyscraper war unseen since the days of the dirigibles.
June 7, 2013 - New York Times
Walter Lord in Boston Globe Walter Lord wrote a quarter of a century ago that "every one of these fine transatlantic liners has vanished from service. They are gone as completely as the dirigible, and almost as fast. If the river boats quietly faded away like a genteel lady in...