Of the hundreds of inventors granted patents for early airship (and airplane) designs and variations, few succeeded in building or flying their craft. gt; J.B.M.

An airship, also known as a dirigible, is a powered lighter-than-air craft. In other words, an airship is an aircraft that derives its lift from a lifting gas (usually helium or hot air) while it is propelled forward by an engine. See similar questions...

There is a special pilot licence that is required for airships. In the USA the airship pilot rating was recently split into VFR (visual flight rules) and IFR (instrument flight rules) since modern airships are now able to fly under instrument flight conditions, i.e. at night or in the clouds. As for any other pilots licence, a special commercial rating has to be obtained for commercial flights. Virtually all airship pilots are professionals employed by commercial airship operators. See similar questions...

Unless you have several hundred thousand dollars to spend, you should probably consider building a radio-controlled airship or a manned hot air balloon instead. If the financial requirements do not deter you, a book called "Building Gas Blimps - A Practical Guide to Building Small Gas Blimps" by Robert J. Recks will provide you with more detail. The book is available for approximately US$80 directly from the author (e-mail r.recks@juno.com). See similar questions...

Flower essences were first developed in the 1930's by the English physician, Edward Bach. Dr. Bach was a classically trained physician who became a pioneer in understanding the relationship of emotions to the health of body and mind. Today we call this the "body/mind connection." You can also use the tongue-twister, "psychoneuroimmunology." He observed that many physical diseases could be directly related to a person's mental attitude. See similar questions...

Dr. Benjamin Gavish, InterCure's Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, patented and developed a fundamental method of affecting biological rhythms and respiration with external rhythms such as melody, which led to the development of RESPeRATE, the company's first product. See similar questions...

Aerogel was first made in the 1930s by Samuel S. Kistler, who obtained several patents for making a variety of aerogel, including silica, alumina, chromia, tin and carbon. See similar questions...

Want to ride in a Zeppelin? Me too! Book flights via Deutsche Zeppelin Reederei. Auf deutsch. € 335,00 - € 370,00 per person. Tell them I sent you. They'll look at you strangely :) since May 14, 2002 we operate the most confortable airship worldwide with the highest passenger capability available. Our Skyship 600 N-605SK carries up to 12 passengers from We to Sun on five to six flights a day over one of the most beautiful areas of Switzerland. See similar questions...

Within the archives they have a large number of Blue Prints of Airships! (Tangential: R100 in Canada pdf.) A 6ft.-long (2m.) 3-view drawing of the USS AKRON is available from the MAPS Air Museum gift shop for $10 US, including shipping & handling in the US. Write to: See similar questions...

Vibrational essences are a part of ancient wisdom, and have been found in aboriginal cultures throughout the world. The 16th century master physician and herbalist Paracelsus also used essences. The best-known essence maker of the modern world is the English physician Dr. Edward Bach. He re-invented essences in the 1930's, creating the popular Bach Flower Remedies. They are used widely throughout the world. In the past 15 years or so, many new essences companies were founded all over the world. See similar questions...

Answer:It was developed by Dr. Allen Dyer, a world-renowned medical researcher who invented the cardiac defibrillator that went around the globe to revive heart attack victims. Dr. Dyer holds an M.D., a Ph.D. and a pharmaceutical degree. He is the former deputy minister with the Ministry of Health in Ontario, Canada. See similar questions...

Balloons have been around for centuries.  The modern latex balloon that we are familiar with was invented in New England during the Great Depression. A chemical engineer named Neil Tillotson was attempting to make inner tubes using liquid latex, which was a new product.  He was having no luck.  In his frustration is cut out a cat's head and dipped it in the latex.  When it dried he found that he had a cat head. See similar questions...

The first cache was placed by Dave Ulmer near Portland, Oregon on May 3rd, 2000. Three days later, two people who had read about the cache on the sci.geo.satellite-nav newsgroup found the cache and entered their names in its log: geocaching was born! You are welcome to link to any of my pages from your web site but please do not place copies of this site's maps on your own web page. Geocache data has been gathered from geocaching.com, navicache.com, and other sources. We thank them all! See similar questions...

Answer: The short answer is Jesus Christ; Jesus (followed by all his disciples) was the one teaching a first-century Second Coming. The long answer is that Preterism has always been a minor voice throughout Church history. Church fathers like Eusebius of Caesarea, St. John Chrysostom, St. Basil the Great and many others were either Preterists or showed strong Preteristic tendencies. See similar questions...

The mechanical genius Bartolomeo Cristofori invented the piano around 1700. The name piano is actually a shortened version of the Italian term pianoforte, meaning soft-loud, and referring to the fact that the pianoforte could produce sound volume covering a much larger range than its predecessors, the harpsichord and clavichord. See similar questions...

In 1988 gun prohibition activist Josh Sugarmann circulated a paper among anti-gun groups, telling them that they needed a "new issue" to "strengthen the handgun restriction lobby," because their efforts to ban handguns had failed. See similar questions...

Some own them (Goodyear and Fuji for instance), but most lease the airship and the service. Service includes the pilot and crew, insurance, service vehicles and operations management. The only thing the advertiser has to do is determine where they want to fly their blimp. See similar questions...

In-air flight time for the airship (in a typical lease) is 70 - 120 hours per month. Normal flight time is six hours per day, five days per week. Flexible scheduling allows for flight operations on weekends and holidays to best suit the advertiser's needs. See similar questions...