zeppelin
Gas-filled flying cigar
A zeppelin is a large rigid airship with a cigar-shaped body, named after its German inventor Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin.
The design featured a metal framework containing multiple gas cells, unlike simpler blimps.
Zeppelins were used for passenger travel and military bombing in the early twentieth century before the Hindenburg disaster ended the era: The zeppelin floated silently over the city. (Capitalized Zeppelin refers to the inventor or the rock band.)
Steerable lighter-than-air craft
- aerostatLighter-than-air craft
- lighter-than-airLess dense than atmosphere
- gasbagTedious endless talker
- envelopeFolded paper enclosure
gondola · framework · helium · hydrogen · buoyancy · lift · propeller · rudder
Extremely large in scale
- massiveExtremely large and heavy
- enormousExtremely large in scale
- hulkingMassive and unwieldy
- immenseExtremely large in scope
towering · gigantic · leviathan · behemoth · mammoth · vast · cigar-shaped · looming
Gradual movement, no direction
- glideMove with effortless continuity
- cruiseLeisurely ocean voyage
- soarAscend to heights
- hoverRemain suspended midair
float · ascend · descend · navigate · voyage · journey · traverse · airborne
Ill-fated German dirigible
- German Empire1871-1918 unified state
- WWIFirst global conflict
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
- naval patrolsMilitary ships surveilling waters
interwar · transatlantic · golden age · disaster · explosion · Lakehurst · aviation history · legacy
Explosive-delivery aircraft or saboteur
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
- naval patrolsMilitary ships surveilling waters
- WWIFirst global conflict
- raidsSudden armed attacks
London Blitz · incendiary · observation · surveillance · warfare · German Empire · anti-aircraft · searchlight
dirigible
Steerable lighter-than-air craft
- aerostatLighter-than-air craft
- lighter-than-airLess dense than atmosphere
- gasbagTedious endless talker
envelope · gondola · framework · helium · hydrogen · buoyancy · lift · propeller · rudder · stabilizer
colossal
Extremely large in scale
immense · towering · gigantic · leviathan · behemoth · mammoth · vast · cigar-shaped · looming · majestic
drift
Gradual movement, no direction
hover · float · ascend · descend · navigate · voyage · journey · traverse · airborne · aloft
Hindenburg
Ill-fated German dirigible
- German Empire1871-1918 unified state
- WWIFirst global conflict
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
naval patrols · interwar · transatlantic · golden age · disaster · explosion · Lakehurst · aviation history · legacy · Germany
bomber
Explosive-delivery aircraft or saboteur
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
- naval patrolsMilitary ships surveilling waters
- WWIFirst global conflict
raids · London Blitz · incendiary · observation · surveillance · warfare · German Empire · anti-aircraft · searchlight · strategic bombing
- Aviation HistoryWright Brothers, Wright Flyer, Wright brothers, Kitty Hawk, first flight
- flightflying, fly, flight, aviation, aircraft
- vehiclescar, bus, truck, van, bike
- flying thingsairplane, bird, butterfly, helicopter, jet
- aircraftairplane, airliner, airplanes, plane, biplane
- WWItrenches, no man's land, no mans land, trench warfare, armistice
zeppelinsubmarine
Underwater naval craft
underground train · subway · ship · automobile · train
- Led Zeppelin
- Led Zeppelin IVStairway's home album
- Graf ZeppelinNamed German dirigible