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41Zeppelin — A Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship pioneered by the German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in the early 20th century, based on designs he had outlined in 1874, [Eckener 1938. pages 155 157] designs he had detailed in 1893, and that were reviewed… …
42The Mad Scientists' Club — is a series of four books written for children by Bertrand R. Brinley (1917 ndash; 1994) and illustrated by Charles Geer.Books in the series* The Mad Scientists Club (1965, 2001) cite web|title= The Mad Scientists Club series… …
43Robert brothers — Anne Jean Robert Born 1758[1] Paris Died 1820[1] Paris Other names l aîné, (the elder) …
44gasbag — [gas′bag΄] n. 1. a bag to hold gas, as in a balloon ☆ 2. Slang a person who talks too much …
45rip cord — n. 1. a cord fastened to the gas bag of a balloon or dirigible in such a way that pulling it opens the bag, releasing gas and causing a rapid descent 2. a cord, etc. pulled to open a parachute during descent …
46Imperial Airship Scheme — The United Kingdom s Imperial Airship Scheme was first known as the Burney Scheme, after Sir Dennistoun Burney, who in 1921 proposed to Vickers, Ltd. the construction of commercial airships for establishing airline services between England and… …
47Rip cord — 1. (A[ e]ronautics) A cord by which the gas bag of a balloon may be ripped open for a limited distance to release the gas quickly and so cause immediate descent. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. a cord which, when pulled, opens a parachute. [PJC] …
48blimp — noun Etymology: imitative; perhaps from the sound made by striking the gas bag with the thumb Date: 1916 1. an airship that maintains its form by pressure from contained gas 2. capitalized Colonel Blimp …
49Boy racer (subculture) — Boy racer is a type of sub culture based around passenger vehicles. TOC Boy racer is now a New Zealand, British and Irish colloquial term for a person, usually a male in his late teens or early twenties, who drives his car in an intimidating or… …
50Gustave Whitehead — Infobox Aviator name=Gustave Whitehead lived=January 1, 1874 – October 10, 1927 image size= caption= full name=Gustave Albin Whitehead place of birth=Leutershausen, Bavaria nationality=German place of death= cause of death=Heart attack… …
