Thanks, though I already have been convinced that for the Atlantic it would be near useless due to the storms. A shame really.../QUOTE]
Note the times of the disasters - spring and fall. That would also apply to the eastern front, which had spring and fall storms that would build up quickly in the afternoons and evenings. That would leave the summer months for a relatively safe window of operating.
The Hindenburg had four seperate weather report sources that it used to extrapolate a safe course when crossing the Atlantic, but it's voyages were planned within relatively calm weather cycles. They had the luxury of peacetime for these passages but in wartime, ships & aircraft have to get through, no matter the conditions or time of year.