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For a more complete description of this style of aircraft, please see airship.
The term "blimp" is reportedly onomatopoeic, the sound the airship makes when one taps the envelope ( balloon) with a finger. Although there is some disagreement among historians, credit for coining the term is usually given to Lt. A.D. Conningham of the British Royal Navy in 1915.
There is an often repeated, but false, alternative explanation for the term. The erroneous story is that at some time in the early 20th century, the United States military had two classes for airships: Type A-rigid and Type B-limp, hence "blimp". In fact,
The perpetuation of this erroneous explanation is an example of fake etymologyA fake etymology is an invented explanation ( etymology) for the origin of a word. Many vulgar words in particular have been subject to such invented etymologies, most of which have very recent 20th century origins. Sometimes, these etymologies are then p.
Blimps maintain their form by internal overpressure. Typically, the only solid parts are the passenger car (gondola) and the tail fins.
A blimp that uses heated air instead of a light gas as lifting medium is sometimes called a hotship.
Blimps have been popularized by several companies, including GoodyearThe Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company was founded in 1898 by Frank Seiberling. It is one of the largest tire and rubber companies in the world, and is based in Akron, Ohio. Goodyear is known throughout the world because of its famous blimps. For many years, BudweiserBudweiser is the name for two separate popular brands of beer, one brewed in the Czech Republic and one based in the United States. The original use of the term Budweiser was used to refer to beer from the city of Ceske Budejovice in Bohemia (the modern C, and FujifilmFujifilm is a Japanese company known for its photographic film and cameras. They also produce storage consumables, such as CD-Rs and Zip disks. The camera film comes in distinctive green boxes and sometimes gets rebranded into own-label film. Fuji product, which use them for advertising, and as platforms to provide aerial shots of sporting events.
During World War IWorld War I (also known as the First World War , the Great War the War of the Nations and the "War to End All Wars") was a world conflict occurring from 1914 to 1918. No previous conflict had mobilized so many soldiers, or involved so many in the field of and World War IIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough blimps assisted the United States military in aerial reconnaissance along the AtlanticFor other uses, see Atlantic (disambiguation The Atlantic Ocean is Earth's second-largest ocean, covering approximately one-fifth of its surface. The ocean's name, derived from Greek mythology, means the " Sea of Atlas". This ocean occupies an elongated, and Pacific Coasts.
The Mineseeker Project ([1]) seeks to design a system to determine whether landmines are present in areas using ultra-wideband synthetic aperture radar units mounted on blimps.
For a discussion of current research and development on other types of blimps, including a so-called "space blimp", see airship.
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