And the style of the dirigible is only limited to the imagination!. From Wordnik.com. [TeeMorris.com » Blog Archive » GUEST BLOGPOST: Wherein the Tinker’s Art Is Discussed] Reference
"A dirigible is something magical," said Jérôme Giacomoni, who was 25 when he founded Aerophile with a friend. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
That is NOT a dirigible, that is a balloon - dirigibles are ridged, like zeppelins. From Wordnik.com. [This Just In: (One) Less is (One) More] Reference
I have to admit a secret love for the word dirigible here, too, which Buckell uses almost immediately in the story. From Wordnik.com. [May « 2009 « A Working Title] Reference
Maybe the writer meant to say "dirigible"; but I'm not sure even that is true!. From Wordnik.com. [Zepplins Return to Ames - NASA Watch] Reference
CONAN: Good thing a dirigible wasn't moored up there. From Wordnik.com. [NPR's Krulwich Solves Science Puzzles Big And Small] Reference
But what of a duel between an aeroplane and a dirigible?. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
On board the dirigible were plenty of tools and materials. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift in the City of Gold, or, Marvelous Adventures Underground] Reference
Even the dirigible had not been overlooked, there being nearly. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
On the other hand, it is to be presumed that the dirigible is armed. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
This is one instance where the dirigible is superior to the aeroplane. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
The suggestion merely proposes to profit from one defect of the dirigible. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
Once a dirigible is swept out of the hands of its pilot its doom is sealed. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
But hovering on the part of the dirigible is not without conspicuous drawbacks. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
His dirigible had been commanded to make a night-raid upon a railway station which was. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
The leaked plan, in other words, may well have been the dirigible of all trial balloons. From Wordnik.com. [The Clinton Solution] Reference
On the other hand, the dirigible can maintain a stationary position aloft for hours on end. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
"You mean my dirigible balloon experience last summer?" he asked with growing embarrassment. From Wordnik.com. [The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure] Reference
Blackwater has a prototype of a spy blimp — an unmanned dirigible that could hover for days. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Behind Blackwater] Reference
Tom had about decided on a small, but very powerful, dirigible balloon, that could be packed in. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift in the City of Gold, or, Marvelous Adventures Underground] Reference
The waterplanes have established their supremacy over the naval dirigible in a striking manner. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
In fact the dirigible dare not venture to make such a landing even if it be provided with floats. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
In this respect, however, the aeroplane is at a decided advantage, as compared with the dirigible. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
Tom was just a little bit nervous when he got ready for a trial flight in the new dirigible balloon. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift in the City of Gold, or, Marvelous Adventures Underground] Reference
Greater difficulties have to be overcome in the mounting of a wireless installation upon a dirigible. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
In the duty of reconnoitring the dirigible possesses one great advantage over its heavier-than-air rival. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
The airship was moored upon a raft which was to be towed out into the lake to enable the dirigible to ascend. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
As a sea-scout the waterplane is overwhelmingly superior to the dirigible as events have conclusively proved. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
Yet they would have given it all -- yes, even the gold in their dirigible balloon -- for a chance for freedom. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift in the City of Gold, or, Marvelous Adventures Underground] Reference
Out into the big auditorium they emerged, weak and faint, and toward the hidden dirigible balloon they rushed. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift in the City of Gold, or, Marvelous Adventures Underground] Reference
Practically it is impossible to employ the flying machine, whether it be a dirigible or an aeroplane, in this field. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
The experiments in adapting the balloon into the dirigible had, however, been left to the pioneers on the Continent. From Wordnik.com. [British Airships, Past, Present, and Future] Reference
The Astra-Torres type of dirigible may be said to represent the latest expression in airship design and construction. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
All things considered, the dirigible is regarded as an impracticable acquisition to a fleet, except in the eyes of the. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
So powerful was it that the bag of the dirigible balloon did not need to be as large as usual, a distinct saving in space. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift in the City of Gold, or, Marvelous Adventures Underground] Reference
At all events, the protagonists were somewhat loth to utilise the dirigible upon an elaborate scale or in an aggressive manner. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
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