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US Navy in WWII - Lot 9439-16 (23314653199)
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Lot 9439-16: New Type of Barrage Balloon. The U.S. Rubber Company uses synthetic rubber to produce this new type of barrage balloon. It is an effective means of defense. Office of War Information Collection, Feb-Mar 1942. Note, original image is small. (2015/12/11).
Blimp a large aircraft without wings, consisting of a large bag filled with gas that is lighter than air and driven by engines. In the past passengers were carried in a structure hanging below. In 1852, Henri Giffard built the first powered airship, which consisted of a 143-ft (44-m) long, cigar-shaped, gas-filled bag with a propeller, powered by a 3-horsepower (2.2-kW) steam engine. Later, in 1900, Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin of Germany invented the first rigid airship.
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