dirigible

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In 1936, he witnessed the Hindenburg airship, the world’s largest dirigible, as it passed over Brusque, which is about 700 miles south of Rio de Janeiro.

From Washington Post • May 14, 2022

Walter Wellmann lifted off in the dirigible “America,” only to ditch it off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, when a storm hit shortly afterward.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2022

Lowman has also accessed the canopy using construction cranes and an inflatable raft attached to a dirigible.

From Salon • Sep. 26, 2021

“Call it a dirigible, that’s fine — this place was an airfield less than one century ago.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2021

What he saw was the German dirigible Graf Zeppelin.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand