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What Is the Difference Between Blimps and Zeppelins?
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Goodyear blimp Large airship Graf Zeppelin on the ground with crowds of people gathered below its nose and gondola, shown in a black-and-white photograph. The Hindenburg disaster Alpine blimp
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The Goodyear blimp
A mainstay at sporting events since 1955. Pictured here is a semirigid version.
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The Graf Zeppelin
Prior to the Hindenburg disaster in 1937, zeppelins were very popular. The...
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The Hindenburg disaster
On May 6, 1937, the German zeppelin Hindenburg, the largest rigid airship...
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Alpine blimp
A red blimp floating above the Alps in Rottach, Germany, February 27, 2016.
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