Every few years people rediscover the Zeppelin and decide that it’s the future of aviation. And then… not much happens. Shown below is a mid-1970’s piece of NASA artwork depicting a heavy lift cargo dirigible that uses four CH-54 Skycranes for added lift and control. It’s shown here transporting an M-60 main battle tank to or from a cargo ship. Such an arrangement *could* work and has been tried, though it was hardly an unqualified success.
The full-rez scan of this cutaway has been made available to all $4 and up APR Patreons and Monthly Historical Document Program subscribers. It was uploaded to the 2019-12 APR Extras folder on Dropbox for Patreons and subscribers. If interested in this piece or if you are interested in helping to fund the preservation of this sort of thing, please consider becoming a patron, either through the APR Patreon or the Monthly Historical Document Program.