Dreadnought HolidayPermit me to suggest the claim on Wikipedia that His Majesty's Airship Number One "provided valuable technical experience for British airship designers" is an overly sunny assessment of the featured predicament.
Simon dē Gulielmō 🐧@DreadShips And that's how we invented the articulated airship!
Coprolite9000@simonwilliamson @DreadShips
Also known as - the bendyblimp?
(Yes, someone will come along shortly to inform me of important differences between blimps and airships.)
@coprolite9000 @simonwilliamson they removed the keel in an attempt to lighten it - the difference between this and a blimp is perhaps thinner than you might imagine
Passenger@coprolite9000 @simonwilliamson @DreadShips
One of them is manufactured in Terfsbury-Upon-The-Blimp and the other is the generic term.
@coprolite9000 @simonwilliamson @DreadShips
(Yes, I do know the actual difference, but this was funnier.)
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