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==== Lighter Than Air ==== | ==== Lighter Than Air ==== | ||
- | **"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." | + | |
+ | ===== "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." | ||
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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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NASA's Dryden Flight Research center Photo Collection. | NASA's Dryden Flight Research center Photo Collection. | ||
photo ED01-0209-3, | photo ED01-0209-3, | ||
- | 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/ | source: www.dfrc.nasa.gov/ | ||
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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, | 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, | ||
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- | In 1995, Graham Dorrington (see links) flew a helium-filled airship (" | + | {{white-diamond-3.jpg? |
- | 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" | + | In 1995, Graham Dorrington (see links) flew a helium-filled airship (" |
- | The White-Diamond: | + | source: http:// |
- | Dr. Graham Dorrington, as he explores above the treetops | + | |
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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/ | ||
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