dirigible
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The 10 days of derring-do acrobatics and races by celebrity plane and dirigible pilots did far more than even Los Angeles boosters might have dreamed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2023
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
Other inventions, which never quite succeeded, included a sailboat with an adjustable mast, a dirigible, a fiberglass ukulele and a solid-foam football, with grooves in the surface.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 16, 2021
Lowman has also accessed the canopy using construction cranes and an inflatable raft attached to a dirigible.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2021
What he saw was the German dirigible Graf Zeppelin.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
The federal government began to hoard the gas 100 years ago to ensure supplies for military dirigibles and later, the space program.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 5, 2023
The "Love Myself" slogan was even emblazoned on dirigibles flown over the musicians' hometowns in 2017.
From Fox News ● Oct. 6, 2021
The “Love Myself” slogan was even emblazoned on dirigibles flown over the musicians’ hometowns in 2017.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2021
The Academy Museum’s form is inspired, in part, by the dirigibles that once landed in the area, when the neighborhood on this stretch of Wilshire served as an airfield.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2021
Air-postmen glide about in open-top dirigibles with hooks and paddles to help guide the balloons along.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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Ender's Game
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