Commercial airships must use hydrogen for inflation; for peaceful purposes taut, purely inflated airships are more suitable than such with skeletons as they are cheaper, have greater load capacity, and do not involve risk of fracture in skeleton; taut, inflated airships have been much improved by introducing steel netting.


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    Title :

    Modern air-ships


    Additional title:

    Eng. Progress


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1927


    Size :

    3 pages


    Remarks:

    1 Fig.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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