gas is still used in airships to provide lift.
Hydrogen used to be used in airships.
Airships do use gas, to provide lift.
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The gas was Hydrogen.
An example of a gas element is helium, which is a noble gas commonly used in party balloons and airships.
Helium is used because it is lighter than air
Hydrogen was the gas that was once used to filled airships. It is extremely plentiful and easy to produce. However, it is also extremely flammable and caused a few accidents. Helium is now used.
There never were hydrogen powered airships. Hydrogen provided lift, not propulsion. Propulsion came from combustion engines using diesel or gasoline.
No, Hydrogen is a gas. The verb "fly" can not be applied to a gas.
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Helium is a lighter gas than oxygen, ever seen balloons filled with helium? They rise upwards with heat due to a lesser amount of particles. If we used oxygen, the airships wouldn't get off the ground!
Hydrogen was once used to fill airships. Quite dangerous due to how flammable it is.