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| (...) A balloon-based airship having propulsion and steering systems. A LEGO example is set #5956 Air Zeppelin: (URL) examples are the Hindenburg, the Good Year Blimp, and the airship that Drs. Henry & Indiana Jones escaped from via biplane in the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) that (...) Last year, I visited group which operate a old R100 airship hanger as a full scale building test facility. Basically, they construct buildings inside the hanger... close the doors... then burn 'em. See the hanger here: (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) here's a link to a zepplin reference page I found while searching the web for the R100 airship (URL) thought you might find it interesting John (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) that (...) Nope ! Close though : ) Dirigibles are airships with rigid frames. Zeppelins are dirigibles but Blimps are not rigid and are merely ballons with gondolas hanging off them (25 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) It seems we might get a few more examples in the near future. In Germany there are several groups constructing new airships, using better material avaliable today. The most impressive one is the CargoLifter, which is intended to carry heavy (...) (25 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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