1914 Dirigible Eiffel Tower France Postal History Paris

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1914 Dirigible and airplane / balloon over Eiffel Tower, Paris, France WWI. L'Aviation A Paris: Dirigeable militaire et Aeroplane evoluant autour de la Tour Eiffel. PM Etage de la Tour Eiffel (upper floor of the Eiffel Tower), 1914. Unused.An airship , dirigible or Zeppelin is a lighter-than-air ( buoyant ) aircraft that can be steered and propelled through the air using rudders and propellers or other thrust . Unlike other aerodynamic aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft (airplanes) and helicopters , which produce lift by moving a wing or airfoil through the air, aerostatic aircraft, such as airships and hot air balloons , stay aloft by filling a large cavity, such as a balloon , with a gas less dense than the surrounding air.The main types of airship are non-rigid (or blimps) , semi-rigid and rigid . Blimps are small airships without internal skeletons. Semi-rigid airships are slightly larger and have some form of internal support such as a fixed keel. Rigid airships with full skeletons, such as the massive Zeppelin transoceanic models, all but disappeared after several high-profile catastrophic accidents mid-century. Now rigid airships are poised for a comeback, with lighter, stronger, and safer construction materials.Airships were the first aircraft to make controlled, powered flight, and were widely used before the 1940s, but their use decreased over time as their capabilities were surpassed by those of airplanes. Their decline continued with a series of high-profile accidents, including the 1937 burning of the hydrogen -filled Hindenburg near Lakehurst, New Jersey , and the destruction of the USS Akron . Airships are still used today in certain niche applications, such as advertising , as a camera platforms for sporting events, and aerial observation and interdiction platforms, w the ability to hover in one place for en extended period outweighs the need for speed and maneuverability. Contents [hide ] 1 Terminology 2 Types 3 Lifting gas 4 History 4.1 Early pioneers 4.2 âeoeThe Golden Ageâe 4.3 First World War 4.4 Inter-war period 4.5 Britainâe(tm)s Burney Scheme and decline in airships 4.6 Second World War 4.7 Modern use 5 Present-day research 5.1 Prototypes and experimental models 5.2 Airships in Planetary Exploration 5.3 Proposed designs and applications 5.3.1 Heavy lifting 5.3.2 Passenger transport 6 Practical comparison to fixed-wing aircraft 6.1 Safety 7 See also 8 Footnotes 9 References 10 External links [ edit ] Terminology In many countries, airships are also known as dirigibles from the French ( dirigir to direct plus -ible ), meaning âeoedirectableâe or steerable. The first airships were called dirigible balloons. Over time, the word balloon was dropped from the phrase. In the modern usage, balloon refers to buoyant aircraft that generally rely on wind currents for movement, though vertical movement can be controlled in both.The term zeppelin is a genericised trademark that originally referred to airships manufactured by the Zeppelin Company . Their crafts' names were usually prefixed with the word Luftschiff , German for âeoeairshipâe.In modern common usage, the terms zeppelin , dirigible and airship are used interchangeably for any type of rigid airship, with the terms blimp or airship alone used to describe non-rigid airships. Although the blimp also qualifies as a âeoedirigibleâe, the term is seldom used with blimps. In modern technical usage, airship is the term used for all aircraft of this type, with zeppelin referring only to aircraft of that manufacture, and blimp referring only to non-rigid airships.The term airship is sometimes informally used to mean any machine capable of atmospheric flight.T is often some confusion around the term aerostat with regard to airships. This confusion arises because aerostat has two different meanings. One meaning of aerostat refers to all craft that remain aloft using buoyancy. In this sense, airships are a type of aerostat . The other, more narrow and techn... read more

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