Blimp
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A blimp, less commonly called a non-rigid airship, is an airship without an internal structural framework or a keel. Unlike semi-rigid and rigid airships, blimps rely on the pressure of their lifting
The Spirit of Goodyear, one of the iconic Goodyear Blimps
Steerable ducted fans on a Skyship 600 provide thrust, limited direction control, and also serve to inflate the ballonets to maintain the necessary overpressure.
A modern blimp from Airship Management Services showing a strengthened nose, ducted fans attached to the gondola under the hull, and cable-braced fins at the tail
Advertising blimp landing at local airport in New Jersey
Zeppelin
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A Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship named after the German inventor Ferdinand von Zeppelin who pioneered rigid airship development at the beginning of the 20th century. Zeppelin's notions were first
Blimp
…called a non-rigid airship, is an airship (dirigible) without an internal structural framework or a keel. Unlike semi-rigid and rigid airships (e.g. Zeppelins), blimps rely on the pressure of their lifting gas (usually helium, rather than flammable hydrogen) and the strength of the envelope to maintain their…
The USS Los Angeles, a United States Navy airship built in Germany by the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin (Zeppelin Airship Company)
Ferdinand von Zeppelin
The first flight of LZ 1 over Lake Constance, the Bodensee, 1900
Zeppelin LZ 4 with its multiple stabilizers, 1908