4. the hindenberg disaster, a total of 36 fatalities (changed public opinion on airships forever) as well as the competition with airplanes.
5. airships and blimps are both dirigibles. a blimp (technically a “pressure airship”) is a powered, steerable, lighter-than-air vehicle whose shape is maintained by the pressure of the gases within its envelope.
6. most blimps are used as advertising devices, you will see them overhead at games played in open-air sports stadiums.
