Zeppelins are Back

Torrere · 06-13-2004, 08:26 PM

Zeppelin was the name of the German company which produced them, and of the Count who founded the company. Blimp is an American name, and refers to non-rigid airships. Dirigible (meaning steerable balloon) is the French word.

It's cool that they've sold one. However, what they've sold is a passenger/tourist novelty ship. It won't get really exciting until they start selling Zeppelins for industrial or technical use.

06-13-2004, 08:26 PM	#1
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	Zeppelin was the name of the German company which produced them, and of the Count who founded the company. Blimp is an American name, and refers to non-rigid airships. Dirigible (meaning steerable balloon) is the French word. It's cool that they've sold one. However, what they've sold is a passenger/tourist novelty ship. It won't get really exciting until they start selling Zeppelins for industrial or technical use.

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