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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
A modern airship, Zeppelin NT D-LZZF in 2010
Dirigible airships compared with related aerostats, from the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, 1890–1907
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
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.
The air-filled red balloon acts as a simple ballonet inside the outer balloon, which is filled with lifting gas.
Hindenburg disaster
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The Hindenburg disaster was an airship accident that occurred on May 6, 1937, in Manchester Township, New Jersey, United States. The LZ 129 Hindenburg was a German commercial passenger-carrying rigid
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…crowd and was filmed, and a radio news reporter was recording the arrival. This was a disaster that theater goers could see and hear in newsreels. The Hindenburg disaster shattered public confidence in airships and brought a definitive end to their "golden age". The day after the Hindenburg disaster, the Graf Zeppelin…
Photograph of the Hindenburg descending in flames
Photograph of the Hindenburg descending in flames
D-LZ129 Hindenburg, the airship involved, seen over New York City shortly before the disaster
D-LZ129 Hindenburg, the airship involved, seen over New York City shortly before the disaster
Hindenburg begins to fall seconds after catching fire.
Hindenburg begins to fall seconds after catching fire.
A fire-damaged 9" duralumin cross brace from the frame of the Hindenburg, salvaged in May 1937 from the crash site at NAS Lakehurst, New Jersey
A fire-damaged 9" duralumin cross brace from the frame of the Hindenburg, salvaged in May 1937 from the crash site at NAS Lakehurst, New Jersey