Indiana Jones launches a plane from a Zeppelin in The Last Crusade.
It never occurred to me to question whether that was historically accurate (it looks very straightforward in the movie).
It never occurred to me to question whether that was historically accurate (it looks very straightforward in the movie).
The other nitpick is that the airship should really run up to its highest airspeed to allow the biplane to recover quickly when launched. So that requires coordination with the airship crew.
Which means on the wind, and modern hydro aircraft carriers do the same.