OK, so everyone is wrong.......it's a dirigible. (semi-rigid airship) :-)
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Lawndale, NC
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-----Original Message-----
From: Sterling K. Webb
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 4:01 PM
To: actionshoot...@carolina.rr.com ; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com ;
dorifry
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] It's a zepplin, not a blimp!
Stuart, List
1. A blimp (technically called a "pressure airship") is
a powered, steerable, lighter-than-air vehicle whose
shape is maintained by the pressure of the gases
within its envelope. A blimp has no rigid internal
structure; if a blimp deflates, it loses its shape.
2. A rigid airship has a framework surrounding one
or more individual gas cells, and maintains its shape
by virtue of its rigid framework and not the pressure
of its lifting gas.
3. A zeppelin is a rigid airship manufactured by a
particular company, the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin of
Germany (the "Zeppelin Airship Construction
Company"), which was founded by Count Ferdinand
von Zeppelin.
4. A semi-rigid airship, like a blimp, maintains its
aerodynamic shape from internal gas pressure, but
it has a partial rigid frame, usually in the form of a
keel, which supports and distributes loads and
provides structural integrity during maneuvering.
The modern Zeppelin NT, such as the Eureka, is
a semi-rigid airship rather than a blimp.
5. A dirigible is any lighter-than-air craft that is
both powered and steerable (as opposed to free
floating, like a balloon). Blimps, rigid airships,
and semi-rigid airships like the Zeppelin NT are
all dirigibles.
Sterling K. Webb
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From: <actionshoot...@carolina.rr.com>
To: <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>; "dorifry"
<dori...@embarqmail.com>; "Sterling K. Webb"
<sterling_k_w...@sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] It's a zepplin, not a blimp!
OK, I am goin gto ask the obvious, what is the difference in a blimp and
a zep?
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---- "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_w...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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Phil, List,
As the sarcastic individual who suggested a
need for Blimp Patches, I apologize. It is, literally,
a Zeppelin, built by the Zeppelin company in
Friedrichshafen, Germany, home of the original
Zeppelins. At 246 feet long, she stretches 15
feet longer than a standard Boeing 747 and 50
feet longer than the largest commercial blimps
flying today. It is named "Eureka," nicely matching
the history of Sutter's Mill. Maybe the name will
bring good luck.
http://www.airshipventures.com/about
Unlike the original Zeppelins, it is a semi-rigid
design, lacking a full envelope frame like the old
ones. However, it is made of carbon fibre and
aluminum, has very sophisticated motive control,
with vectored thrust and fly-by-wire controls, and
has incredible maneuverability.
That said, trying to maneuver close to the ground
in that terrain in a weightless craft almost as long
as a football field is a daunting prospect. All old
airshipmen know the dangers are near the ground,
not in the sky.
Zeppelin Patches?
Sterling K. Webb
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----- Original Message -----
From: "dorifry" <dori...@embarqmail.com>
To: <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 12:14 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] It's a zepplin, not a blimp!
Big difference! Stop calling it a blimp please! (LOL)
Phil Whitmer
Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum
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