From: joshua geller (dclxvi_at_best.com)
Date: 04/09/98
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 12:38:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199804091938.MAA15778@shell5.ba.best.com> From: joshua geller <dclxvi_at_best.com> Subject: Re: Been kinda quiet, lately...
hork_at_execpc.com writes:
> > Question for the list:
> > Are there any practical limits to how much an airship can lift?
> > I noticed in a recent ballooning attempt, that their 195' diameter
> > helium gas bag was going to lift a 13.5 ton (27,000 lb) gondola.
> I believe some balloon can get up to 490 ft in diameter, but I am not that
> familiar with ballooning.
airships can be built arbitrarily large.
josh