TL5+1 transport airship

[Crimson Skies] A luxury passenger airship, capable of travelling 1,500 
miles between refuellings.

Crew: 69 total including 8 officers. 8 crew stations covering vehicle 
control (piloting), communicator, 2 navigation aids. 52 lifting gas 
riggers, medic, 3 stewards, service crewman, 4 mechanics, 50 additional 
passengers.

Subassemblies: Vehicle +13, Body +9, Skids +6, Gasbag +13. 

P&P: four 2,000-kW standard diesels (long term access), four 2,000-kW 
aerial propellers, 10,470,000 cf helium lift gas [Gasbag]. 

Fuel: 3,840 gal standard fuel tank (fire modifier 1), 3,840 gal diesel 
(fire 9). 

Occ: eight roomy crew stations (superior access), 68 bunks, 50 luxury 
cabins
Cargo: 10,000-cf cargo hold

Armor  F   RL  B   T   U
Body   2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2
Skids  2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2
Gasbag 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2

Equipment
Body: fire extinguisher system; long range radio communicator (100-mile 
range); two sets of precision navigation instruments; 10,000-sf 
conference room.  

Statistics
Size: [LxWxH] 699'x175'x87.4'
Payload: 224,640 lbs.
Lwt.: 654,377 lbs.
Volume: 10,670,729 cf
Maint.: 13.6 hours (7.07 mh/day)
Price: $2,167,929 

HT: 7
HP: 7,466 [Body], 507 each [2xSkids], 2,872 [Gasbag]. 

Air Performance: Motive Thrust 24,000 lbs., Stall Speed 0 mph, Top 
Speed 125 mph, Terminal Velocity 659 mph, Glide Speed 264 mph, Glide 
Ratio 1.08:1, aAccel 1 mph/s, aMR 0.125, aSR 4, aDecel 0.5 mph/s.

Design Notes: 
TL6 extra light frame expensive materials [Vehicle].TL6 structure 
[Gasbag].

TL6 DR 2 cheap metal [Vehicle].
TL6 DR 2  TL6- non-rigid [Gasbag].
Operating Duration:  12 H.
Payload Cost: $4,608
Vehicle Features: mechanical controls, fair streamlining.
Skids: quantity 2.
Volume: 191,171 cf [Body], 9,559 cf [Skids], 10,470,000 cf [Gasbag].
Area: 19,911 sf [Body], 2,702 sf [Skids], 287,155 sf [Gasbag].
Book Options: Vehicles Expansion stall speed.