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 airship...
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