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L59/L70 Luftschiffen.
Gentlemen:
Using the data from the L59 flight to German East Africa, as follows:
Distance flown, 4200 mile in 95 hours. The average airspeed was 44 mph. The L59 consumed 25050 lbs of fuel on the flight at the rate of 264 lbs /hour.
The lengthened L70, taking off at Ghent in Belgium, Formerly the German Army Airship base, north of Paris and without taking advantage of the westerly air current, the L70 would arrive over New York a distance of 3300 miles in 75 hours, and consummed 19800 lbs of fuel of 47800 pounds on board at take off. Cruise around for two hours sight seeing dropping bombs on Wall Street and leaflets about the futility of the USA to continue the War and fly back to Ghent, arriving 75 hours later, consumming 20328 pounds of fuel. On landing the L70 had on board 7618 pounds of fuel, which amounts to an additional 28.9 hours of flying time. The L70 dropped 20000 pounds of bombs on New York.
The total distance flown is 6688 miles in 152 hours @ 44mph.
The L70 maximum speed was 81.5 mph. Full speed endurance 91.5 hours at 81.5mph= 7460 miles
Useful Lift 98500 lbs.
Bomb load, 20000 lbs.
Fuel load, 47800 lbs.
Oil, 3365 lbs.
Crew & Supplies, 5900 lbs.
Take off Weight, 97065 lbs.
Merry Christmas to One and All,
Dan-San
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