I get that the airship was already on its way out by the time airliners became viable for transatlantic travel, but considering that airships were more fuel efficient, and airplanes were very fast, was it just a mater of no one thinking of it, or was there a problem with this concept that made such a design inefficient
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You need a certain amount of lift, which is directly generated by the volume to weight ratio. The ideal ratio there would be in a sphere, highest volume smallest surface area, but a sphere would take a lot of force to push, so they squished it a bit too make it easier and the elongation gives it a nice long line to hang a cabin off.
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