Airship

An airship is a buoyant aircraft that can be steered and propelled through the air. Unlike aerodynamic aircraft which stay aloft by moving an airfoil through the air in order to produce lift, airships stay aloft primarily by means of a cavity (usually quite large) filled with a gas of lesser density than the surrounding atmosphere.

External links

General

• Airship Home Page - Provides a list of airship related websites. Also contains airship mailing list.
• Airship and Blimp Resources - This site focuses more on how to build your own airship with a particular focus on hot air airships (a.k.a "hotships")
• Airships Mailing List - A forum for the discussion and design of lighter-than-air craft.

Associations

• The Airship Association - British based association for people interested in all things to do with airships.
• Lighter than Air Society - US based association for people interested in all things to do with airships.
• The Association of Balloon and Airship Constructors - Maintains an extensive technical library on airship technology old and new.

Historical

• Navy Lakehurst Historical Society - airship history with a focus on activities at the historically most active airship base in the US.
• Airships Online - contains an extensive history relating to all of the British Airships from 1900 to the present day.
• Ferdinand von Zeppelin, US 621,195 Patent, "Navigable Ballon". March 14, 1899.
• Harold G. Dick Airship Collection - biography of Harold G. Dick
• Postcards from Harold G. Dick Airship Collection
• The Golden Age of the Great Passenger Airships: The Collection of Harold G. Dick
• US Centennial of Flight Commission

Manufacturers

• Airship Association Net Links Page for a comprehensive list of companies throughout the world focusing on the development of airships.
• American Blimp Corporation the only company in the world manufacturing airships on a scheduled production basis.
• GEFA-FLUG GmbH - The Air Company -- makers of hot air airships
• Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik GmbH -- The Zeppelin Company and the Zeppelin NT
• 21st Century Airships Inc. Manufactures unique spherical, finless airships using advanced materials and technologies. A 21st Century Airship craft currently holds the absolute FAI altitude record for airships of 6,234 m (20,450 ft).
• Advanced Technologies Group Until August of 2005, when it went into receivership, this company was developing a range of products such as UAV's - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, heavier-than-air airships and HAPS' - High Altitude Platform Stations for telecommunication.