Comments on: Airships, Dirigibles, Zeppelins, & Blimps:What’s the Difference? https://www.airships.net The Graf Zeppelin, Hindenburg, U.S. Navy Airships, and other Dirigibles Tue, 13 Jun 2023 19:22:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 By: Nicky Dave https://www.airships.net/dirigible/#comment-690043 Tue, 13 Jun 2023 19:22:40 +0000 https://www.airships.net/?page_id=2665#comment-690043 A question; semi-rigids seems to be more solid than blimps with a slight weight penalty, why had they fallen out of favor in the 20s versus rigids and for long afterwards with blimps?
My thoughts are that while blimps are cheaper to build and seem to be safer in adverse weather than rigids, they do not seem to be easy to scale up, and full rigids cost an arm and a leg to build, despite their impressive lifting abilities (the Akron and Macon come to mind). It just seems odd that there is so little info on what seems to be a great middle ground airship. The Roma, for example, at 410 feet long, had a useful lift with hydrogen of 42,000 pounds.

]]> By: Col. Blimp https://www.airships.net/dirigible/#comment-689637 Thu, 01 Jun 2023 09:59:21 +0000 https://www.airships.net/?page_id=2665#comment-689637 In reply to Steampunk Aviatrix.

No….BLIMP.

]]> By: John Leigh https://www.airships.net/dirigible/#comment-688689 Tue, 28 Mar 2023 15:34:44 +0000 https://www.airships.net/?page_id=2665#comment-688689 In reply to Mr Futzy.

Right now we cannot build airships big enough to effectively handle bulk cargo.

]]> By: John Leigh https://www.airships.net/dirigible/#comment-688688 Tue, 28 Mar 2023 15:33:17 +0000 https://www.airships.net/?page_id=2665#comment-688688 In reply to Sarah Jumel.

Right now we cannot build airships big enough to effectively haul bulk cargo.

]]> By: Wayne Hanson https://www.airships.net/dirigible/#comment-688269 Thu, 09 Mar 2023 18:06:01 +0000 https://www.airships.net/?page_id=2665#comment-688269 I rode in a Zeppelin NT and it was wonderful.

]]> By: Sarah Jumel https://www.airships.net/dirigible/#comment-687610 Wed, 15 Feb 2023 22:43:19 +0000 https://www.airships.net/?page_id=2665#comment-687610 I understand much of the problems of shipping grain out of Russia is due to the lack of roads; modern airships could solve this problem. Are there any dirigibles being made now that could be used that way? Trading around Russia’s central government could get us out of the nasty mess we are in just now

]]> By: Mr Futzy https://www.airships.net/dirigible/#comment-686506 Thu, 29 Dec 2022 03:22:31 +0000 https://www.airships.net/?page_id=2665#comment-686506 why dont they use airships for cargo?

]]> By: Steampunk Aviatrix https://www.airships.net/dirigible/#comment-674081 Tue, 23 Mar 2021 01:25:41 +0000 https://www.airships.net/?page_id=2665#comment-674081 In reply to Della K Sigler.

I think you mean the Goodyear airship… 🙂

]]> By: Dan Grossman https://www.airships.net/dirigible/#comment-673701 Wed, 03 Mar 2021 03:48:32 +0000 https://www.airships.net/?page_id=2665#comment-673701 In reply to Alejandro.

I believe you are thinking of Aereon, “the Deltoid Pumpkin Seed.”

]]> By: Della K Sigler https://www.airships.net/dirigible/#comment-673083 Fri, 05 Feb 2021 20:37:19 +0000 https://www.airships.net/?page_id=2665#comment-673083 Interesting.i love to watch the Good Year blimp fly over. thanks nice article.

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