To: Army Air Corps
Blimps ... a gas bag ... no rigid structural members.
Dirigible ... several gas cells ... beacoup rigid structural members.
US Navy ... Blimps - many; Dirigibles - few (USS MACON, ... USS LOS ANGELES (the last - she was scraped).
32 posted on
05/02/2004 5:13:01 AM PDT by
jamaksin
To: jamaksin
According to most definitions, the words are distinguished as follows:
Dirigible: manoeuverable lighter-than-air craft; steerable airship.
Blimp: non-rigid dirigible.
Zeppelin: Rigid dirigible. Also acceptable to use the term Rigid Airship.
Supporting sources: The National Air and Space Museum, Graf Zeppelin & Hindenburg:The Golden Age of the Great Passenger Airships, Dictionary of Aviation, etc...
33 posted on
05/02/2004 6:04:20 AM PDT by
Army Air Corps
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