pressure airships) and semi-rigid airships. Rigid airships are often commonly called Zeppelins, though this technically refers only to airships built by...
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A semi-rigid airship is an airship which has a stiff keel or truss supporting the main envelope along its length. The keel may be partially flexible or...
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Blimp (redirect from Non-rigid airship)
(/blɪmp/), or non-rigid airship, is an airship (dirigible) without an internal structural framework or a keel. Unlike semi-rigid and rigid airships (e.g. Zeppelins)...
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below the envelope. The main types of airship are non-rigid, semi-rigid and rigid airships. Non-rigid airships, often called "blimps", rely solely on...
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Zeppelin (redirect from Rigid dirigible airship)
type of rigid airship named after the German inventor Ferdinand von Zeppelin (German pronunciation: [ˈt͡sɛpəliːn] ) who pioneered rigid airship development...
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Goodyear Blimp (redirect from Goodyear airship America)
blimp itself is defined as a non-rigid airship—without any internal structure, the pressure of lifting gas within the airship envelope maintains the vessel's...
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The R.38 class (also known as the A class) of rigid airships was designed for Britain's Royal Navy during the final months of the First World War, intended...
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Aerostat (redirect from Hot Air Balloon and Airship)
fire balloons. An airship is a powered, free-flying aerostat that can be steered. Airships divide into rigid, semi-rigid and non-rigid types, with these...
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LZ 129 Hindenburg (redirect from German airship Hindenburg)
commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship, the lead ship of her class, the longest class of flying machine and the largest airship by envelope volume. She...
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of airships of the United States Navy identifies the airships of the United States Navy by type, identification, and class. The fabric-clad rigid airships...
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