< History of Flight
An airship is a type of aerostat or lighter than air aircraft. They come in nonrigid (blimps), semirigid and rigid types (zeppelin). Their heyday when they monopolised air travel was their first commercial serve in 1910 to the Hindenberg disaster in 1937.
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