What is the difference between an airship and a hot air balloon? Detailed answer

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What is the difference between an airship and a hot air balloon?

69 years after the beginning of the era of aeronautics, in 1852, the Frenchman Henri Giffard designed the first controlled balloon - an airship. He installed a steam engine, a screw and a primitive steering wheel on a balloon. His airship could rise to a height of about two kilometers and reach speeds of up to 10 kilometers per hour. From now on, aeronauts got the opportunity to fly not where the wind blows, but where they needed to.

The design of airships was gradually improved: spherical airships gave way to cigar-shaped ones, the shell became metallic - it was made of lightweight aluminum. The steam engine was replaced by a gasoline engine, and warm air was replaced by hydrogen, which was now filled with the already rigid shell of airships. True, hydrogen is an explosive gas, which caused major disasters.

The peak of airship building was 1900, when the German general, Count Ferdinand Zeppelin, began mass production of airships. They were named after their creator - zeppelins. These were giants with a large carrying capacity. In 1910, the world's first airship was built specifically designed to carry passengers.

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