: a lighter-than-air aircraft having propulsion and steering systems
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The first transcontinental flight of an airship, the Navy’s enormous USS Shenandoah, terminated, rather precariously, at North Island’s Rockwell Field the following year.
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Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
Visually, the platform resembles a fantasy-style airship, featuring a large, floating envelope and an integrated power-generating structure.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 13 Jan. 2026
In the evening, an airship lowered in a medic who confirmed all three deaths.
—Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2026
Among the new characters are the Wind Traders, a new group of Na’vi who travel across Pandora on giant airships that look like jellyfish.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 17 Dec. 2025
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Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
Visually, the platform resembles a fantasy-style airship, featuring a large, floating envelope and an integrated power-generating structure.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 13 Jan. 2026
In the evening, an airship lowered in a medic who confirmed all three deaths.
—Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2026
Among the new characters are the Wind Traders, a new group of Na’vi who travel across Pandora on giant airships that look like jellyfish.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 17 Dec. 2025
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“Airship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airship. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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airship
noun
air·ship
ˈa(ə)r-ˌship 
ˈe(ə)r-
: a lighter-than-air aircraft with its own power and steering
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