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Aeronautic terminology in dribs and drabs... <b>A as Aerostat</b>
Rome, Italy - The lighter-than-air craft
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"Suspended in the sky, magically soaring, weightless, timeless" Aerostats, fast as the wind, lighter than air: generally called "Lighter-than-air craft", are the aircraft that get a buoyancy according to Archimedes’ principle (static lift): "Any body wholly or partially immersed in a fluid experiences an upthrust equal to, but opposite in sense to, the weight of the fluid displaced". An a...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1080972
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency