Talk:Daimler L20

It can "...make transcontinental journeys of over 36,000 km"?

The final sentence in the lede states that the aircraft could "...make transcontinental journeys of over 36,000 km." This is nonsensical. The L20 did not have a range of 36,000km (closer to 480km), so of what use is saying that it can "make...journeys of" any particular distance that is multiples of its actual range? It would be like saying that a car has a range of 10,000km, although it would need to be refueled 20 times to travel that distance. In theory, a car has an infinite range, as does an aircraft, when "range" does not mean how far it can travel on one tank's worth of fuel. Bricology (talk) 13:15, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

There is no implication that the L20 had a range of 36,000 km: the specs state the range was 480 km.The point was that it could be used, like a car, for journeys between distant places. Both need refuelling stops but if these are available (with landing fields in the aircraft's case) the aircraft has the advantage of not needing roads. Long journeys by small, reliable, aircraft, affordable for a few, were unfamiliar at the time. Vehicles do not have infinite ranges even with unlimited refuelling stops: eventually they crash or something breaks. These early long distance, light aircraft flights gave owners the confidence to use them for long journeys.TSRL (talk) 22:29, 6 July 2021 (UTC)