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a blimp is the American term for an airship that is simply an inflated bag filled with helium to blow it up like a balloon. it is not rigid and has no structure. a zepellin is like the German airships of the 30's, with a rigid aluminim skeleton fram covered in canvas and containing individual bags of gas inside it
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What is the difference between a zeppelin or an airship?
There are two common types of Airship:The ridged airship that the Zeppelin of the 1930s wasThe blimp.
Is there a blimp called the zeppelin?
but a Zeppelin still is like a blimp with propellers and windows made of glass
Is the Hindenburg a blimp?
No it was not a blimp. It was a Zeppelin. A zeppelin is much bigger and is a frame work filled with a bunch of bladders when a Blimp is a single balloon filled with gas.
What is the real name of a blimp?
zeppelin
What is the real name of the blimp?
zeppelin
What is another name for a Zeppelin?
Another name for a Zeppelin is a blimp or a dirigible.
Is there a German blimp named Led Zeppelin?
no
What is the difference between a blimp and a deridgable?
A blimp and dirigible are the same thing.
What is a word for blimp that starts with z?
Another word for a blimp that starts with a Z is a Zeppelin
What was also known as blimp in World War 1?
zeppelin
What is another name for blimp?
Blimp is a non-rigid airship or a dirigible. The origin of the name blimp is not known but, it is believed to come from the British Class B Airship, B plus limp (non-rigid), created the word blimp.Airship, dirigible or Zeppelin.
Why is a zeppelin unusual?
A zeppelin was a lighter-than-air craft like a blimp or balloon, yet it had a rigid airframe like a heavier-than-air craft. If you punctured a hole in a nonrigid blimp or balloon, or a semi rigid dirigible, it would deflate and lose its shape, whereas the rigid airframe of a zeppelin would hold its shape.
