[meteorite-list] It's a zepplin, not a blimp!

From: dorifry <dorifry_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 5 May 2012 10:44:49 -0400
Message-ID: <B674FEB5838A46EBA44C5AAB055B4BF7_at_DoriPC>

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" <actionshooting at carolina.rr.com>
To: "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net>;
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; "dorifry" <dorifry at 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) :-)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sterling K. Webb
> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 4:01 PM
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> 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.
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>
> Sterling K. Webb
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <actionshooting at carolina.rr.com>
> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; "dorifry"
> <dorifry at embarqmail.com>; "Sterling K. Webb"
> <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net>
> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 1:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] It's a zepplin, not a blimp!
>
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>> OK, I am goin gto ask the obvious, what is the difference in a blimp and
>> a zep?
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>> Stuart McDaniel
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>> ---- "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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>> =============
>> 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
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "dorifry" <dorifry at embarqmail.com>
>> To: <meteorite-list at 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! (LOL)
>>>
>>> Phil Whitmer
>>> Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum
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