VANAGON archives -- May 2007, week 1 (#427)

Date:         Sun, 6 May 2007 22:12:05 -0400
Reply-To:     Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
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From:         Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
Subject:      Re: (NVC) Re: (LVC) Oh, The Humanity!... zeppelins & sister-ships
Comments: To: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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ARE dirigibles, not blimps or balloons.

The Hindenberg and Graf Zeppelin were dirigibles, i.e. rigid airships.

On May 6, 2007, at 9:46 PM, Andrew Grebneff wrote:

> Technically the two zeppelins (aan aside, very few people seem to
> know that zeppelins are not dirigibles are not blimps are not
> balloons) were not sister-ships, as they were not of the same design.
> Sister-ships are those of a particular design eg:

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