pressure-rigid airship

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• Rigid airship — A rigid airship was a type of airship in which the envelope retained its shape by the use of an internal structural framework rather than by being forced into shape by the pressure of the lifting gas within the envelope as used in blimps and semi …   Wikipedia

• Semi-rigid airship — Semi rigid airships are airships with a partial framework. These often consist of a rigid, occasionally flexible, keel frame along the long axis under the aerodynamic hull envelope. The partial framework can also be inside the hull. Semi rigids… …   Wikipedia

• Airship — For other uses, see Airship (disambiguation). Dirigible redirects here. For the 1931 film, see Dirigible (film). Not to be confused with Balloon (aircraft) or Blimp. Airship …   Wikipedia

• Thermal airship — A thermal airship is an airship that generates its lift via the difference in density due to a temperature differential between the gas inside its envelope and the ambient air. (This is in contrast to the more common use of helium to provide lift …   Wikipedia

• Orbital airship — Space blimp redirects here. For airships used in a role similar to satellites, see stratospheric airship. The orbital airship, also called the space blimp, is a proposed space transportation system that carries payloads to and from low Earth… …   Wikipedia

• non-rigid — adjective not rigid. ↘denoting an airship whose shape is maintained solely by the pressure of the gas inside …   English new terms dictionary

• R101 — infobox Aircraft name = R101 type = Airship manufacturer = Royal Airship Works caption = designer = V.C. Richmond first flight = 4 October 1930Clarifyme|date=June 2008 introduction = retired = status = primary user = more users = produced =… …   Wikipedia

• Blimp — For other uses, see Blimp (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Airship or Balloon (aircraft). The Spirit of Goodyear, one of the iconic Goodyear Blimps A blimp, or non rigid airship, is a floating airship without an internal supporting… …   Wikipedia

• Hindenburg disaster — Infobox Aircraft accident name = LZ 129 Hindenburg caption = Hindenburg a few seconds after catching fire. date = May 6, 1937 type = Airship fire site = Lakehurst Naval Air Station in Manchester Township, New Jersey coords =… …   Wikipedia

• USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) — USS Shenandoah was the first of four United States Navy rigid airships. She was built from 1922 to 1923 at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, and first flew in September, 1923. She developed the Navy s experience with rigid airships, even making the… …   Wikipedia

• N class blimp — N class Role Patrol airship Manufacturer Goodyear Aircraft Corporation Primary user …   Wikipedia