airship
(aviation) A lighter-than-air aircraft that can be propelled forward through the air as well as steered.
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On May 6, 1937, The Hindenburg airship crashed while trying to land / dock in New Jersey. 36 people lost their lives in the disaster. Years later, a photograph from this crash was used as the cover art for Led Zeppeli…
Trump's presidency has been a complete disaster only comparison to the Hindenburg disaster Airship fire, 6 May 1937. Completely destroyed by fire in 30 seconds.
We will be going live now with session 2 of Book 1 of #RevengeOfTheRunelords for #Pathfinder2e Stop by for a watch if you can, as our Heroes fight upon an airship on their way to New Thassalon! #VTuber #PNGTuber ww…
[5/5] domestically produced "Xiangyun" AS700 manned airship and successfully passed the assessment. (Xinhua News Agency)
I sstarted my starter with a Male Zorua, Sassy named Fabrynth (after the boi we all know and love!) Spawned in a jungle next to a giant volcanic area and a airship
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(aviation) A lighter-than-air aircraft that can be propelled forward through the air as well as steered.
Airships are posited to be cheaper to operate over time than fixed-wing aircraft, but as there are no large fleets, this is hard to prove in practice.
“I'm gonna have the airship from Blade Runner hover over her house blasting A NEW LIFE AWAITS YOU IN THE OFF WORLD COLONIES, JUST DON'T GO VIA KING STREET”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Another before-work airship sketch.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I am so ready for getting folks together for a big science fantasy campaign. Give them an airship à la FF7 and build a whole world out of: Vaarn, UVG/OGA, Cloud Empress, TEA, and ECOMOFOS/Islands of Weirdhope. I just love a mash-up”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Live now!! We've managed to make progress offstream, now let's look at the Create Aeronautics mod and perhaps even take thorir's airship on a maiden voyage! :3 www.twitch.tv/rieaccalia youtube.com/live/Gkfd4rr...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Time to take an airship down! #finalfantasy2 youtube.com/live/efO4l7C...”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(aviation, informal) Any aircraft.
I only make them to add perhaps a little weight to my view that, whether one thinks of Their Lordships of the Admiralty, or of Their Airships of the Air Ministry, or of Their Coalships of Lansdowne House, or of any other governing body, …
“On May 6, 1937, The Hindenburg airship crashed while trying to land / dock in New Jersey. 36 people lost their lives in the disaster. Years later, a photograph from this crash was used as the cover art for Led Zeppelin’s first album. 😉”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Trump's presidency has been a complete disaster only comparison to the Hindenburg disaster Airship fire, 6 May 1937. Completely destroyed by fire in 30 seconds.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“We will be going live now with session 2 of Book 1 of #RevengeOfTheRunelords for #Pathfinder2e Stop by for a watch if you can, as our Heroes fight upon an airship on their way to New Thassalon! #VTuber #PNGTuber www.twitch.tv/tabletopobsc...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“[5/5] domestically produced "Xiangyun" AS700 manned airship and successfully passed the assessment. (Xinhua News Agency)”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I sstarted my starter with a Male Zorua, Sassy named Fabrynth (after the boi we all know and love!) Spawned in a jungle next to a giant volcanic area and a airship”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(US, policing, aviation) A police air unit, a police helicopter.
On weekends, I liked to spend my time at the airport watching the various airships take off and land.
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