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The Earthers used Martian sky galleons at first but later constructed their own armored steam-powered flyers. Since wireless was not invented yet in 1889, communication between Earth and Mars is handled by orbital heliograph stations. The game contains much more detail on the flora, fauna and species of the planets. Most published material is ...
Aeros Corp is an American manufacturer of airships based in Los Angeles, California.It was founded in 1993 by the current CEO and chief engineer, Igor Pasternak, who was born in Soviet Kazakhstan, raised in Soviet Ukraine, and moved to the U.S. after the Soviet collapse to build airships there. [2]
Carl Edgar Myers (1842–1925) [1] was an American aeronautical engineer. He was born at March 2, 1842 at Herkimer, New York, to Abram H. and Eliza Ann (Cristman) Myers.At various times in his life, he was employed as carpenter, mechanician, plumber, electrician and chemist, banker, and photographer.
Igor Pasternak is an American aviation entrepreneur, [3] [4] inventor and engineer [5] specializing in designing and building airships. [6] [7] [1] [8] He is best known as the founder and CEO of Worldwide Aeros Corp, an American manufacturer of airships based in Montebello, California and for his research on variable buoyancy control for airships.
The Palm airship over the Coliseum Unbranded Skyship. Airship Management Services, Inc. (AMS) built, owned and operated Airship Industries Skyship and Sentinel type airships. The company was run by George Spyrou, and through associated companies in the U.S., Europe and Japan. AMS was part of the Skycruiser Group of companies, which includes ...
Most airships, when fully loaded with cargo and fuel, are usually ballasted to be heavier than air, and thus must use their propulsion system and shape to create aerodynamic lift, necessary to stay aloft. All airships can be operated to be slightly heavier than air at periods during flight .
Observatory car drawing from a December 1916 Scientific American cover Juray fish-shaped spy gondola while crewed. The spy gondola, spy basket, observation car or sub-cloud car (German: Spähgondel or Spähkorb) is a crewed vessel that an airship hiding in cloud cover could lower several hundred metres [1] to a point below the clouds in order to inconspicuously observe the ground and help ...
Anura-class air cruiser: The smallest type of airship for civilian and military use. Equipped with standard anti-aircraft armament. Arcion-class air heavy cruiser: Similar to the Anura, but equipped with railguns and more advanced weaponry. Littoria-class air battlecruiser: Larger airship used by both civilian and military forces. More advanced ...