Blimps

Other blimps were also in the hangar, including the ZMC2, an experimental blimp. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Of course, from the First World War through the 1960's, blimps, that is pressure airships, Zeppelins are rigid airships. ❋ Unknown (2010)

For technical reasons, the lines will appear only on TV shots from blimps, meaning they won't appear this weekend if bad weather grounds blimps. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Then came the possibility of sync-sound, but cameras were noisy so they had to be put in "blimps" to keep the rattling and clicking from being picked up by the microphones. ❋ Nihilistic_kid (2010)

I think that dirigibles or airships, or, if you prefer the vulgar term, "blimps" are making a comeback, too ... there was one in xkcd this week, and nobody predicts the future like Randall. ❋ Unknown (2008)

More specialized equipment includes sound dampeners (called "blimps"), infrared or FM radio remote triggers, tower tripods and even miniature remote-controlled dirigibles. ❋ Unknown (2006)

These "blimps" cross property lines in SL and, when unoccupied, are often destroyed by frustrated leaseholders who consider them a form of pollution. ❋ Jeremiah McNichols (2006)

Sea planes carrying bombs, small dirigible balloons known as "blimps," observation balloons moored on the decks of warships, steel nets, and especially devised anti-submarine mines, were also factors in the general work of submarine destruction. ❋ Richard Joseph Beamish (1895)

Everything looked normal except the sun touching the 'blimps' and sending them a lovely silvery blue. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Except for balloons and "blimps", lighter-than-air craft have all but disappeared from our skies since the fateful destruction of ... ❋ Unknown (2008)

- allowing sound recorded on-set to be usable without requiring large "blimps" to encase the camera, the invention of more sophisticated to film in increasingly dim conditions, and the development of synchronized sound, allowing sound to be recorded at exactly the same speed as its corresponding action. ❋ Unknown (2008)

- allowing sound recorded on-set to be usable without requiring large "blimps" to encase the camera, the invention of more sophisticated directors to film in increasingly dim conditions, and the development of synchronized sound, allowing sound to be recorded at exactly the same speed as its corresponding action. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Someone sent me a link to an intriguing story about the White Dwarf personal blimp the comedian Gallagher had made for a Showtime special recently, and that reminded me of the Sky Yacht company, who make personal blimps for commercial purposes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Just look around and you'll see that many Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., homeowners have overgrown landscapes - rhododendrons so old that they cover the windows and 30-year-old yews that have been sheared so often they now resemble green blimps. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Sculptures, blimps and fans dangle from the ceiling. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Last year, the Pentagon provided $495 million to buy 34 tethered surveillance blimps that give troops a bird's eye view of certain areas and sent in more unmanned surveillance aircraft so route-clearance patrols would have the benefit of full-motion video. ❋ Unknown (2011)