[meteorite-list] It's a zepplin, not a blimp!

From: Stuart McDaniel <actionshooting_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 5 May 2012 10:52:36 -0400
Message-ID: <DD2191E2524647C98046087175B5688F_at_StuartMcDaniel>

Jeez, Mike your no fun.......... :-)




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-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Farmer
Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2012 10:49 AM
To: dorifry
Cc: Stuart McDaniel ; Sterling K. Webb ;
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] It's a zepplin, not a blimp!

Can't we all use google to research this? It is really less interesting than
the incredibly rare meteorite which fell here, which seems to draw less
attention than an aircraft........
This is a meteorite list, not a zeppelin or blimp list.
Michael Farmer

Sent from my iPhone

On May 5, 2012, at 7:44 AM, "dorifry" <dorifry at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> A dirigible is any lighter-than-air airship that can be steered. Zepplins
> and blimps are both dirigibles. The word comes from the French word
> diriger meaning to direct. It was first applied to the French army's
> airship "La France" in 1884. Count Ferdinand Graf von Zepplin built his
> first airship the LZ-1 in 1900.
>
> Phil Whitmer
> Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart McDaniel"
> <actionshooting at carolina.rr.com>
> To: "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net>;
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; "dorifry" <dorifry at embarqmail.com>
> Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2012 10:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] It's a zepplin, not a blimp!
>
>
>> OK, so everyone is wrong.......it's a dirigible. (semi-rigid airship)
>> :-)
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> Stuart McDaniel
>> Lawndale, NC
>> Secr.,
>> Cleve. Co. Astronomical Society
>>
>> IMCA #9052
>> Sirius Meteorites
>>
>> Node35 - Sentinel All Sky
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>> http://spacerocks.weebly.com
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>> -----Original Message----- From: Sterling K. Webb
>> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 4:01 PM
>> To: actionshooting at carolina.rr.com ; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> ; dorifry
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] It's a zepplin, not a blimp!
>>
>> Stuart, List
>>
>> 1. A blimp (technically called a "pressure airship") is
>> a powered, steerable, lighter-than-air vehicle whose
>> shape is maintained by the pressure of the gases
>> within its envelope. A blimp has no rigid internal
>> structure; if a blimp deflates, it loses its shape.
>>
>> 2. A rigid airship has a framework surrounding one
>> or more individual gas cells, and maintains its shape
>> by virtue of its rigid framework and not the pressure
>> of its lifting gas.
>>
>> 3. A zeppelin is a rigid airship manufactured by a
>> particular company, the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin of
>> Germany (the "Zeppelin Airship Construction
>> Company"), which was founded by Count Ferdinand
>> von Zeppelin.
>>
>> 4. A semi-rigid airship, like a blimp, maintains its
>> aerodynamic shape from internal gas pressure, but
>> it has a partial rigid frame, usually in the form of a
>> keel, which supports and distributes loads and
>> provides structural integrity during maneuvering.
>> The modern Zeppelin NT, such as the Eureka, is
>> a semi-rigid airship rather than a blimp.
>>
>> 5. A dirigible is any lighter-than-air craft that is
>> both powered and steerable (as opposed to free
>> floating, like a balloon). Blimps, rigid airships,
>> and semi-rigid airships like the Zeppelin NT are
>> all dirigibles.
>>
>>
>> Sterling K. Webb
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: <actionshooting at carolina.rr.com>
>> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; "dorifry"
>> <dorifry at embarqmail.com>; "Sterling K. Webb"
>> <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net>
>> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 1:49 PM
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] It's a zepplin, not a blimp!
>>
>>
>>> OK, I am goin gto ask the obvious, what is the difference in a blimp and
>>> a zep?
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>>> ---- "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> =============
>>> Phil, List,
>>>
>>> As the sarcastic individual who suggested a
>>> need for Blimp Patches, I apologize. It is, literally,
>>> a Zeppelin, built by the Zeppelin company in
>>> Friedrichshafen, Germany, home of the original
>>> Zeppelins. At 246 feet long, she stretches 15
>>> feet longer than a standard Boeing 747 and 50
>>> feet longer than the largest commercial blimps
>>> flying today. It is named "Eureka," nicely matching
>>> the history of Sutter's Mill. Maybe the name will
>>> bring good luck.
>>>
>>> http://www.airshipventures.com/about
>>> Unlike the original Zeppelins, it is a semi-rigid
>>> design, lacking a full envelope frame like the old
>>> ones. However, it is made of carbon fibre and
>>> aluminum, has very sophisticated motive control,
>>> with vectored thrust and fly-by-wire controls, and
>>> has incredible maneuverability.
>>>
>>> That said, trying to maneuver close to the ground
>>> in that terrain in a weightless craft almost as long
>>> as a football field is a daunting prospect. All old
>>> airshipmen know the dangers are near the ground,
>>> not in the sky.
>>>
>>> Zeppelin Patches?
>>>
>>>
>>> Sterling K. Webb
>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "dorifry" <dorifry at embarqmail.com>
>>> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 12:14 PM
>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] It's a zepplin, not a blimp!
>>>
>>>
>>>> Big difference! Stop calling it a blimp please! (LOL)
>>>>
>>>> Phil Whitmer
>>>> Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum
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