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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 (To increase the power of the State over the individual is a crime against Humanity.)
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To: Army Air Corps
Also see:

Airshipwreck, Len Deighton and Arnold Schwartzman Jonathan Cape Limited, 30 Bedford Square, London, WC1 ISBN 0-224-01384-X, First Published 1978

United States Naval Air Station Lakehurst, NJ "The Hindenburg Memorial"

Distinction is made ... rigid versus non-rigid in both above.

Regarding "manoeuverable" ... FAA rules on "right-of-way" ... ballons highest as it is ain't got none! At the mercy of the winds ... of course ballast helps.

34 posted on 05/02/2004 6:22:51 AM PDT by jamaksin
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