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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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 "Om te kunnen vliegen moest Panamarenko materiaal kiezen dat licht en stevig was", zegt Van Oosten. "Hij had polyetheen of polypropeen kunnen gebruiken, maar die plastics zijn niet transparant en hij wilde graag een doorzichtige ballon. Daarom koos hij voor 0,35 millimeter dik pvc, dat stevig is en ook transparant."\\ "Om te kunnen vliegen moest Panamarenko materiaal kiezen dat licht en stevig was", zegt Van Oosten. "Hij had polyetheen of polypropeen kunnen gebruiken, maar die plastics zijn niet transparant en hij wilde graag een doorzichtige ballon. Daarom koos hij voor 0,35 millimeter dik pvc, dat stevig is en ook transparant."\\
  
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-LZ 129 Hindenburg was a German zeppelin. Along with its sister-ship LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II, it was the largest aircraft ever built. During its second year of service, it went up in flames and was destroyed while landing at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in Manchester Township, New Jersey, U.S., on 6 May 1937. Thirty-six people died in the accident, which was widely reported by film, photography and radio media.\\+\\ 
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 +-Unknown Air-oared airship and aeronaut at unknown location (baseball park) circa 1905\\ 
 +-Air-oared airship ~ 1905. Airship build by Captain Thomas C. Baldwin was flown by l. Guy Mecklem  for balwin at Washington Gardens (commonly known as Chutes Park)Los Angelas. Propelled by two air-oares operated by the pilot who "rowed" the airshio throught the air. Note inflatation valve at the aft end of the airbag.\\ 
 +source: http://www.earlyaviator.com/ note; at this site one can find a most wonderfull early airships and captive balloon collection. 
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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, +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.\\ 
-Dr. Graham Dorrington, as he explores above the treetops of the rainforest canopy with a novel flying device � the dangerous, helium-filled Jungle Airship.\\+source: http://www.dendronautics.org/page4.htm  http://www.thewhitediamond.de/fotosdreh.htm
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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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