ZPG-3W

United States blimp

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nonrigid blimps

  • U.S. Navy ZPG-3W airships
    In blimp

    Navy’s ZPG-3W airship—403 feet (123 metres) long, 85 feet in diameter, with a capacity of more than 1,500,000 cubic feet (42,450 cubic metres)—was the world’s largest nonrigid blimp. Four of them were commissioned in 1958. One exploded and crashed two years later, and the Navy retired…

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