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US Navy in South Pacific, WWII - Lot-1822-2 (27267125084)
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Lot-1822-2: Marine Corps Base, Parris Island, South Carolina, May 1942. Marine Corps Barrage Balloons. The Leathernecks get a new job, and, as usual handle it well. A barrage balloon ready to go aloft under the handling of special Marine units in training. Office of War Information. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/06/24).
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.
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