Just a fact, the Blimp/Zeppelin was cool, but being beaten to death here. Sent from my iPhone
On May 5, 2012, at 7:57 AM, "dorifry" <[email protected]> wrote: > Really, lighten up, what's more fun than blimps and zepplins? > > Phil Whitmer > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart McDaniel" > <[email protected]> > To: "Michael Farmer" <[email protected]>; "dorifry" > <[email protected]> > Cc: "Sterling K. Webb" <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2012 10:52 AM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] It's a zepplin, not a blimp! > > >> Jeez, Mike your no fun.......... :-) >> >> >> >> >> ***************************** >> Stuart McDaniel >> Lawndale, NC >> Secr., >> Cleve. Co. Astronomical Society >> >> IMCA #9052 >> Sirius Meteorites >> >> Node35 - Sentinel All Sky >> >> http://spacerocks.weebly.com >> >> ********************************* >> -----Original Message----- From: Michael Farmer >> Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2012 10:49 AM >> To: dorifry >> Cc: Stuart McDaniel ; Sterling K. Webb ; >> <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] It's a zepplin, not a blimp! >> >> Can't we all use google to research this? It is really less interesting than >> the incredibly rare meteorite which fell here, which seems to draw less >> attention than an aircraft........ >> This is a meteorite list, not a zeppelin or blimp list. >> Michael Farmer >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On May 5, 2012, at 7:44 AM, "dorifry" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> A dirigible is any lighter-than-air airship that can be steered. Zepplins >>> and blimps are both dirigibles. The word comes from the French word diriger >>> meaning to direct. It was first applied to the French army's airship "La >>> France" in 1884. Count Ferdinand Graf von Zepplin built his first airship >>> the LZ-1 in 1900. >>> >>> Phil Whitmer >>> Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart McDaniel" >>> <[email protected]> >>> To: "Sterling K. Webb" <[email protected]>; >>> <[email protected]>; "dorifry" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2012 10:20 AM >>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] It's a zepplin, not a blimp! >>> >>> >>>> OK, so everyone is wrong.......it's a dirigible. (semi-rigid airship) :-) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ***************************** >>>> Stuart McDaniel >>>> Lawndale, NC >>>> Secr., >>>> Cleve. Co. Astronomical Society >>>> >>>> IMCA #9052 >>>> Sirius Meteorites >>>> >>>> Node35 - Sentinel All Sky >>>> >>>> http://spacerocks.weebly.com >>>> >>>> ********************************* >>>> -----Original Message----- From: Sterling K. Webb >>>> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 4:01 PM >>>> To: [email protected] ; [email protected] ; >>>> 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 >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> >>>> To: <[email protected]>; "dorifry" >>>> <[email protected]>; "Sterling K. Webb" >>>> <[email protected]> >>>> 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? >>>>> -- >>>>> ***************************** >>>>> Stuart McDaniel >>>>> Lawndale, NC >>>>> IMCA#9052 >>>>> >>>>> http://spacerocks.weebly.com >>>>> http://www.facebook.com/Stuart.McDaniel.No.1 >>>>> ***************************** >>>>> >>>>> ---- "Sterling K. Webb" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> ============= >>>>> 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 >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "dorifry" <[email protected]> >>>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>>> 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! 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