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Recent Examples of airship
During the previous program, the company said its airship became the first HAPS to stay powered through a full day-night cycle while maintaining power over a specific area of operations.
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Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Apr. 2026
Of fog and airships Hangar One is among the world's largest freestanding structures, covering eight acres at Moffett Field near Mountain View.
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New Atlas,
3 Apr. 2026
And the Hindenburg, the largest airship in the world at the time, was the industry’s crowning achievement — as well as a propaganda vehicle for Nazi Germany.
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Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
18 Feb. 2026
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
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Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Apr. 2026
Of fog and airships Hangar One is among the world's largest freestanding structures, covering eight acres at Moffett Field near Mountain View.
—
New Atlas,
3 Apr. 2026
And the Hindenburg, the largest airship in the world at the time, was the industry’s crowning achievement — as well as a propaganda vehicle for Nazi Germany.
—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
18 Feb. 2026
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.
—
Eric Duvall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airship
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From the Dallas Stadium, an unauthorized aircraft cannot come within three nautical miles or fly 3,000 feet ground-to-air.
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Additionally, 42 aircraft were lost or damaged, and 20 military installations were hit, leading to $29 billion in repair costs and an $80 billion supplement request.
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For months, shipping companies have been in wait and see mode, carefully calculating the risk of moving ships through the strait.
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Transits tripled to 93 last weekend compared with the prior comparable period, according to ship-tracking data provider MarineTraffic, but remain far below pre-war levels when more than 100 ships transited the strait each day.
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Ships, like airplanes, are designed with fluid dynamics in mind, and biofoul seriously messes that up.
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Scenes involving firearms alarmed distributors still grappling with the aftermath of the Columbine massacre, while the film’s October release via Newmarket was further complicated by a trailer prominently featuring an airplane crash just weeks after the September 11 attacks.
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Fire crews are working to contain the fire, and a helicopter is assisting with water drops.
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The building is so big and the flames are in such hard-to-reach areas that firefighters have needed to get creative with their approach, using water-dropping helicopters and other heavy equipment.
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One of his planes was in trouble.
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The day before, 12 people were killed when a plane on a skydiving outing in Missouri crashed.
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The work addresses a longstanding challenge in lightweight airframe design by increasing structural strength and stability without adding unnecessary weight.
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At least that seems to be the message from our winners this year in aviation, where the focus is just as much on technology gains and cabin refinement as on enlarging the airframe.
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The occasional booing of famous England players has been an integral part of the Wembley experience over the years, almost as commonplace as paper aeroplanes.
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No distractions, no aeroplanes, no noise, no traffic.
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The organizers of the fair spent $10 million retrofitting six tractor-trailer trucks with mobile history exhibits created in partnership with Hillsdale College, a private conservative Christian school, and PragerU, a conservative media organization.
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Hennessy was rescued from a fiery crash on Interstate 64 West near South Charleston on Tuesday evening, but her owner, a tractor-trailer driver later identified as 63-year-old Jeffrey Simons, died, CBS affiliate WOWK reported.
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“Airship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airship. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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