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The JP Aerospace Twin Balloons Airship is an unmanned airship comprising two balloon envelopes side by side, with twin electric-powered propellers mounted midway along the connecting boom. On October 22, 2011 it is claimed to have flown to 95,085 feet (ca. 28,982 m), nearly 4 miles higher than any airship before.
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.
Cakebread & Walton is a British games company that creates and publishes tabletop games.Best known for its Clockwork & Chivalry, Renaissance System and Abney Park's Airship Pirates games, they also offer titles covering a range of licensed and self-developed properties.
The crew of the airship Silvana in the anime series Last Exile are sky pirates, [45] while sky pirates appear in the sequel series Last Exile: Fam the Silver Wing. Baroness Troixmonde / Filibus: Filibus: 1915: Silent film: The film's protagonist has a secret identity and is known to the world as Filibus and has an airship.
A single prototype airship produced by Aerospace Developments, first flown in 1979 but damaged and deflated in a storm later that year. Skyship 500 Five production airships built by Airship Industries. One was subsequently converted into the: Skyship 500 (HL) A single high payload airship, using a Skyship 600 envelope with a Skyship 500 gondola.
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 ...
Luftschiffbau Zeppelin was keen to continue advancing the capabilities of its airships and begun design work on an even larger airship during the late 1920s. [16] Perhaps the single most famous airship was the LZ 129 Hindenburg, the first of two airships of the Hindenburg class.
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 ...