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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Airship, Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, Long Endurance Multi-intelligence Vehicle, Hyperion airship, Signal Corps Dirigible No. 1, SkyHook JHL-40, Aircruise, Integrated Sensor is Structure, American Blimp Corporation, SL 11, Karl Arnstein, Blue Devil, High-altitude airship, Rigid Airship Design, Thermoplan, Vertical airship. Excerpt: An airship or dirigible is a type of aerostat or "lighter-than-air aircraft" that can be steered and propelled through the air using rudders and propellers or other thrust mechanisms. Unlike aerodynamic aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters, which produce lift by moving a wing through the air, aerostatic aircraft stay aloft by having a large "envelope" filled with a gas which is less dense than the surrounding atmosphere. In the past hydrogen was generally used, but nowadays helium is preferred because of its lack of flammability. The main types of airship are non-rigid (or blimps), semi-rigid and rigid. Blimps are small airships without internal skeletons. Semi-rigid airships are slightly larger and have some form of internal support such as a fixed keel. Rigid airships with full skeletons, such as the huge Zeppelin transoceanic models, have nearly disappeared after several high-profile catastrophic accidents during the mid-20th century. Airships were the first aircraft to enable controlled, powered flight, and were widely used before the 1940s, but their use decreased over time as their capabilities were surpassed by those of airplanes. Their decline continued with a series of high-profile accidents, including the 1937 burning of the hydrogen-filled Hindenburg near Lakehurst, New Jersey, and the destruction of the USS Akron. Airships are still used today in certain niche applications, such as advertising, freight transportation, tourism, camera platforms for s...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781156762899
  • Publisher: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 24
  • Spine Width: 1 mm
  • Weight: 64 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1156762898
  • Publisher Date: 05 Jul 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Airship, Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle, Hyperion Airship
  • Width: 189 mm


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