Airship
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An airship, dirigible balloon or dirigible is a type of aerostat aircraft that can navigate through the air flying under its own power. Aerostats use buoyancy from a lifting gas that is less dense tha
A modern airship, Zeppelin NT D-LZZF in 2010
Dirigible airships compared with related aerostats, from the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, 1890–1907
U.S. Navy airships and balloons, 1931: in the background, ZR-3, in front of it, (l to r) J-3 or 4, K-1, ZMC-2, in front of them, "Caquot" observation balloon, and in foreground free balloons used for training
The air-filled red balloon acts as a simple ballonet inside the outer balloon, which is filled with lifting gas.
Aircraft
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An aircraft is a vehicle that can fly by gaining support from the air. It counters the force of gravity by using either static lift or the dynamic lift of an airfoil, or, in a few cases, direct downwa
The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is the most produced aircraft in history.
A Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil helicopter
Aviation in the 19th century
Hot air balloons