The skies over America are suffering the effects of inflation. Har har. Right now there are at least seven dirigibles dispatched over parts of the US. Some of them are actual blimps, which are non-rigid and are shaped by the air inside, and others are airships with internal frameworks. Those terms get confusing when you talk about the Goodyear Blimps, which used to be blimps but are now airships with frames, yet they still use the term blimps because everyone knows them like that.
Anyway, three of the currently flying airships are Goodyear Blimps as they travel to various events. Two more are advertising blimps, and two are from LTA Research. One of those is a blimp, and the other is an experimental rigid airship that's 406.5 feet long, making it the biggest modern aircraft in the world. Read about these airships, and where you might spot them, at The Autopian.
(Image credit: Mercedes Streeter/LTA Research)
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