Just added a few great Airship items to eBay. Please start by looking at: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&
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Then merely click on 'View sellers other auc...
...to a friend, and we got to wondering how economically feasible it would be for there to exist a commercial airship cruise line. Essentially for leisurely, luxury type transportation. Say for a person ...
Go to www.airship.demon.co.uk/ , home page of the Airship Association of England. Maybe you can find a link. They are big and been around since 1971.
For airships Get: 'Airship Design' by Balemore, Watters, and Pogon. Also, 'Airship Design' by C.P. Burges. As I understand it these were written in the '30s but say all there ...
I have in my posession a blueprint of the USS AKRON airship. This item is labled GENERAL ARRANGEMENT. I am interested in any information concerning the value and significance of this item. The item me...
...body else out there heard this rumour? Do : they have a website?
John:
The company is The Hamilton Airship Company. You may visit their website at www.hamilton.co.za . It this URL doesn'...
Airship certificatioin is something else. Airships are steerable and have attitude controls and a couple of fans to worry about. Emergency proceedures would be quite different.
Brian Boland (Vermont, USA) has designed an airship (blimp-like) that uses hot air as it's lifting gas. Even has an ultralight version may look like what you saw.
Thomas Jones
I do believe this is why the air-craft, whether it be a balloon or an airship, whether it be filled with Helium or Hot Air - are all called 'Lighter Than Air' - craft. If you really want to ...
If one were to subject the Goodyear airship to the part 103 ultralight test, I suspect it would 'weigh' less than 254 pounds. Same for the USS Akron and Macon, rest their souls. So what is t...
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Here in the Uk we have the following site the British Balloon and Airship Club also produces a mag called Aerostat. Details can be found at http://www.bbac.or...
Usually when we thing on air balloons and airships we thing recreation and fun, but there is more to them.
Reading a post by Robin Burk he mentioned another aspect of airships.
Will briefed ...
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