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California Arrow-04 - An old photo of a man on a ladder flying a large balloon
Summary
The 1904 Thomas Baldwin's "California Arrow" airship.
Public domain image of an airship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Blimp a large aircraft without wings, consisting of a large bag filled with gas that is lighter than air and driven by engines. In the past passengers were carried in a structure hanging below. In 1852, Henri Giffard built the first powered airship, which consisted of a 143-ft (44-m) long, cigar-shaped, gas-filled bag with a propeller, powered by a 3-horsepower (2.2-kW) steam engine. Later, in 1900, Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin of Germany invented the first rigid airship.
Date
1904
Source
Flickr Commons
Copyright info
© 2004 Smithsonian Institution
