Whoever is trolling Old Tele man should stop.
Not in my thread.
I don't think this is worth a new thread, but these guys have the money to recreate the first real airliner the Handley Page HP42, and they are going to do it:
UK team plans to build replica of 1930s aircraft that frequented Sharjah | The National
We're talking 9 tons, 2000hp and 120mph top speed, but for a fixed gear biplane that's pretty good. Wood paneled interiors; probably a Zepplin-like experience, smaller but not much faster.
The V-shaped struts means there's a little lift mixed in with the drag. Imagine if they were a 3D printed metal foam. And the engines had fireball combustion chambers and self healing diamond coatings.