Word Finder - airships

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A lighter-than-air aircraft that can be propelled forward through the air as well as steered.

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Airships are posited to be cheaper to operate over time than fixed-wing aircraft, but as there are no large fleets, this is hard to prove in practice.

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Any aircraft.

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On weekends, I liked to spend my time at the airport watching the various airships take off and land.

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The highest ranking officials of the RAF, viewed as arrogant and distant.

Are phantom airships, UFOs and the like all daydreams trying to become reality?

The designer of five airships and the first man to fly an airship from England to France.

There is an extensive history of British airships from 1900 to the present day.

In fact, this can be a bit of a criticism if parents don't like their kids playing violent games - many of the games involve blowing things up, invading castles, or crashing airships.

Such congresses are doing admirable work in the popularizing of thought upon the numerous questions which are discussed at the meetings, such as compulsory arbitration, the restriction of armaments, private property at sea in time of war, the position of subject races, airships in war, &c.2 4.