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" <dori...@embarqmail.com> 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" > <actionshoot...@carolina.rr.com> > To: "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_w...@sbcglobal.net>; > <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>; "dorifry" <dori...@embarqmail.com> > 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: 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 >> ------------------------------------------------------------------ >> ----- Original Message ----- 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? >>> -- >>> ***************************** >>> Stuart McDaniel >>> Lawndale, NC >>> IMCA#9052 >>> >>> http://spacerocks.weebly.com >>> http://www.facebook.com/Stuart.McDaniel.No.1 >>> ***************************** >>> >>> ---- "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_w...@sbcglobal.net> 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" <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! 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