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noun - a steerable self-propelled aircraft
DIRIGIBLES - An airship or dirigible balloon is a type of aerostat or lighter-than-air aircraft that can navigate through the air under its own power. Aerostats g...
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| Lighter-than-air craft |
| Ships whose rudders don't touch water |
| Airships |
| Newly built big ride is carrying 50 flying things |
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| Until 1937 the Lakehurst, New Jersey, naval air station was the U.S. transatlantic terminal for these craft |
| The mast atop the Empire State Building was designed as a mooring for these rigid airships |
| In the '30s the U.S. Navy had battleships named for states & these for cities: Macon, L.A. & of course Akron |
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| Plural form of dirigible. |
| an airship. |
| Capable of being steered, guided, or directed. |
| An airship. |
| Dirigibles description |
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An airship or dirigible balloon is a type of aerostat or lighter-than-air aircraft that can navigate through the air under its own power. Aerostats gain their lift from large gas bags filled with a lifting gas that is less dense than the surrounding air.* In early dirigibles, the lifting gas used was hydrogen gas, due to its high lifting capacity and ready availability. Helium gas has almost the same lifting capacity and is not flammable, unlike hydrogen, but is rare and relatively expensive. Significant amounts were first discovered in the United States and for a while helium was only used for airships by the United States. Most airships built since the 1960s have used helium, though some have used hot air.The envelope of an airship may form a single gas bag, or may contain a number of internal gas-filled cells. An airship also has engines, crew, and optionally also payload accommodation, typically housed in one or more "gondolas" suspended below the envelope. * The main types of airsh |
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