Zeppelin is a company name, kinda like Boeing or Convair.
Paul in Portland OR
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From: "Johnny Johnson" <jjohnso4@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 8:45 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] The Zepplin is Coming!
> At 01:53 AM 1/15/2009, Chris Barker wrote:
>
>>Yes, probably. No one has described an airship as a Zeppelin (or a
>>blimp) for many years.
>
> I wonder if there was a regional influence also. In Georgia (USA) in
> the 50's/60's we referred to airships with rigid internal frames as
> dirigibles and those without frames as blimps. I never heard the
> term Zeppelin used unless in reference to the one that crashed.
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