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 +===== "In an airship, one does not fly, one does not drive. Instead, one travels in a most beautiful way that gives meaning to the word journey."  -- Hugo Eckener =====\\
  
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-===== In an airship, one does not fly, one does not drive. Instead, one travels in a most beautiful way that gives meaning to the word journey.  Hugo Eckener =====+
  
  
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 "The Little Japan" vehicle was developed so that its creator Kazuya Kanemaru and any volunteer could travel to towns and villages on it.\\ "The Little Japan" vehicle was developed so that its creator Kazuya Kanemaru and any volunteer could travel to towns and villages on it.\\
-They were searching for a place to launch the attached balloon that was shaped like Little Boy, the nuclear weapon dropped on Hiroshima, on August 6, 1945.+They were searching for a place to launch the attached balloon that was shaped like Little Boy, the nuclear weapon dropped on Hiroshima, on August 6, 1945.\\ 
 +source: via www.we-make-money-not-art.com
  
  
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-Silver Inflatable,Photographer:Phillipe Glade, Burningman 2001\\ +-Silver Inflatable,Photographer:Phillipe Glade, Burningman 2001\\ 
-source: http://topweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html+source: http://topweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html\\ 
 +-Joel Tauber, Searching for the Impossible: The Flying Project 2003\\ 
 +source: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.artnet.de
  
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 "Complementary balloon-borne experiment to measure the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMBR) "Complementary balloon-borne experiment to measure the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMBR)
 Such measurements have become increasingly important for providing information on the initial conditions from which the large-scale structure of the Universe has evolved. The detailed measurement phase promises quantitative answers to some of the fundamental questions of structure evolution in our Universe: How did matter first distribute itself to eventually form the bubbles, voids and galaxy clusters that we observe? What is the amplitude of the quantum fluctuations which existed before the Universe entered the `inflationary' epoch, approximately 10-35 seconds after the Big Bang? Is the bulk of the matter in the Universe composed of a new kind of non-baryonic, nonluminous matter, as proposed by Cold Dark Matter theories? These questions have guided us to formulate the following program of current and planned experiments."\\ Such measurements have become increasingly important for providing information on the initial conditions from which the large-scale structure of the Universe has evolved. The detailed measurement phase promises quantitative answers to some of the fundamental questions of structure evolution in our Universe: How did matter first distribute itself to eventually form the bubbles, voids and galaxy clusters that we observe? What is the amplitude of the quantum fluctuations which existed before the Universe entered the `inflationary' epoch, approximately 10-35 seconds after the Big Bang? Is the bulk of the matter in the Universe composed of a new kind of non-baryonic, nonluminous matter, as proposed by Cold Dark Matter theories? These questions have guided us to formulate the following program of current and planned experiments."\\
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-COPYWRIGHT_FOTOT_PAOLO_OGGIONI_FEst:The Upside-Down balloon appears at first glance to be standing on its head. In actual fact, there is a concealed cabin on the underside and a further dummy cabin on the top. The engineers of the manufacturing company Cameron Balloons worked with great enthusiasm to produce this "special shape" balloon, which is unique throughout the world.\\+COPYWRIGHT_FOTOT_PAOLO_OGGIONI_FEst:The Upside-Down balloon from Festo appears at first glance to be standing on its head. In actual fact, there is a concealed cabin on the underside and a further dummy cabin on the top. The engineers of the manufacturing company Cameron Balloons worked with great enthusiasm to produce this "special shape" balloon, which is unique throughout the world.\\
  
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 NASA's Dryden Flight Research center Photo Collection. NASA's Dryden Flight Research center Photo Collection.
 photo ED01-0209-3, date 14 july 2001. photo by Nick Galante/PMRP photo ED01-0209-3, date 14 july 2001. photo by Nick Galante/PMRP
-The Helios Prototype wing is shown over the Pacific Ocean during its first testflight on solar-power. +The Helios Prototype wing is shown over the Pacific Ocean during its first testflight on solar-power.\\ 
-source: www.dfrc.nasa.gov/gallery/photo+source: www.dfrc.nasa.gov/gallery/photo\\ 
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 Breitling Orbiter, photographed by Jeremy l. Hinton, 1973\\ Breitling Orbiter, photographed by Jeremy l. Hinton, 1973\\
 Breitling Orbiter 3 was the first balloon to fly around the world non-stop, piloted by Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones. Designed and built by Cameron Balloons, of Bristol, England, Breitling Orbiter 3 stood 55 m (180 ft) tall when fully inflated. The propane gas that fueled the six burners was contained in 28 titanium cylinders mounted in two rows along the sides of the gondola. Concerned about fuel consumption, the team added four additional propane containers prior to take-off; these additional four tanks would be needed to complete the trip.\\ Breitling Orbiter 3 was the first balloon to fly around the world non-stop, piloted by Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones. Designed and built by Cameron Balloons, of Bristol, England, Breitling Orbiter 3 stood 55 m (180 ft) tall when fully inflated. The propane gas that fueled the six burners was contained in 28 titanium cylinders mounted in two rows along the sides of the gondola. Concerned about fuel consumption, the team added four additional propane containers prior to take-off; these additional four tanks would be needed to complete the trip.\\
  
  
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-The White-Diamond: dir. Werner Herzog, 2004, 90 min. documentary. The White Diamond is about another Herzogian dreamer, +{{white-diamond-3.jpg?500}}{{:d4-canopy.jpg?247}}{{white-diamond-1.jpg?300}}\\ 
-Dr. Graham Dorrington, as he explores above the treetops of the rainforest canopy with a novel flying device � the dangerous, helium-filled Jungle Airship.\\+In 1995, Graham Dorrington (see links) flew a helium-filled airship ("Dirigible-4" with a helium capacity of 380 cubic metres) over Borneo's tropical rain forest. The dirigible was especially designed to have low noise to minimize wildlife disturbance and hence was powered by electric motors rather than using a noisy internal combustion engine. It was flown successfully thirty times and used usefully to collect pollinating insects as well as to count orang-utan nests in a forest area of about one square kilometer (see picture gallery). These pioneering efforts proved that controlled movement close to the forest canopy is in fact viable. On its penultimate flight the dirigible was soft-landed atop a flowering Merbau tree and rested there for twenty minutes, further demonstrating the effectiveness of similar platforms for canopy research. In 2004, Dorrington flew another electric powered dirigible (with a helium capacity of 480 cubic metres and powered by a state-of-the-art rechargable lithium battery) over the Kaieteur National Park, Guyana, while filming the documentary "The White Diamond" by Werner Herzog, 2004. Herzog filmed aswell the Nasa balloon project above in his documentary; Encounters at the end of the World, 2007.\\ 
 +source: http://www.dendronautics.org/page4.htm  http://www.thewhitediamond.de/fotosdreh.htm
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-British inventiveness stimulated an inflatable wing aircraft, produced by ML Aviation Ltd in the mid-1950s as the Utility. Twelve wings were tested and three aircraft were built (XK776, XK781 and XK784). Conceived at the Research and Development Establishment, RAF Cardington in 1953, its true potential was realised on the other side of the Atlantic. (Photo, Av News Files).source: www.aviation-news.co.uk/Parasev.html\\+
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 Prospective Concepts, a Swiss company developed the Flying Stingray an ultralight lifting body in the shape of a stingray but still using propellers as propulsion.\\ Prospective Concepts, a Swiss company developed the Flying Stingray an ultralight lifting body in the shape of a stingray but still using propellers as propulsion.\\
 +source: via www.myairship.com/ official site: http://www.prospective-concepts.ch
  
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