Show zeppelin bombs basing his calculation upon the data which were procured when the Z 4 made a descent at Lu neville france in 1913 aeronautics estimates that the maximum capacity of the modern zeppelin for carrying high explosives plo Is about 1 tons and that they cannot possibly carry the five tons which have been claimed for these ships of the air the same authority estimates that in crossing the miles from the german base to the english coast a ton and a half of fuel Is consumed and that it if a ton and a half of explosive is carried a static state of equilibrium will have been attained by the time the coast la Is reached the lifting power thereafter being dependent upon the lifting planes explosive bombs carried by the zeppelin 11 w weigh el ga I 1 pounds and the incendiary bo bombs m b about twenty pounds each |