On 6/18/05 9:57 AM, in article , "Stubby"
spewed:


Not clear. My understanding is the attitude of an airship is set by
small "ballonettes" with the gas bag. These are controlled by levers on
the ceiling of the pilot's area. It is not necessary to point the ship
up in order to climb because climbing is accomplished by dumping balast,
water or sand.

In fact the fans (engines) are used for steering, not for lift because
there are no wings. For that reason, a multi-engine certificate is not
required for the pilot.

The Goodyear blimp based in Southern California climbs like a banshee, nose
high. It climbs over the freeway which is adjacent to it's landing area. I
don't know, but I assume it needs to cross the freeway at minimum X feet
AGL. I don't know why it doesn't rise straight up instead, but it doesn't.
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