Look! Up in the sky! It's a blimp! It's a dirigible! It's, it's ... a cynical ploy by a...Reese, Joel
A blimp is a powered, steerableaircraft that floatsbecause it is inflated with a gas that is lighter than air. A blimp's shape is maintained by the pressure of the gases within its envelope; a blimp has no rigid internal structure, so if a blimp deflates, it loses its shape. Does a ...
1. It’s a blimp. It appears the new craft is being built by a Brin-controlled company called LTA Research & Exploration, where LTA stands for “lighter than air.” Strictly speaking, the new craft is a “dirigible” or “airship”–since blimps are defined as airships...
The Hindenburg disaster was really sad. It reminded me a little of the Titanic sinking. Passengers on both vessels were just merely looking for entertainment and none on board could have ever imagined that Hindenburg blimp would explode or that the Titanic ship would sink like it did. ...
Paul Gazis is a Greek-American physicist and pilot, striving to uphold the traditions of Athena and Archimedes with the aid of modern microelectronics. Determined since childhood to become a scientist, he attended Caltech as an undergrad and received his PhD from MIT. After graduation, he worked...
鈥TIME TO BRING BACK THE BLIMP: Travel by Dirigible Is Enjoyable, Non-Polluting - and SafeCarroll, Cecille