The most famous airships are Hendenburg and Zeppelin.
Airships do use gas, to provide lift.
Airships are usually the shape of a oval. They look like blimps. Airships are usually filled with helium to keep them afloat.
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Curly's Airships was created on 2000-10-05.
Hydrogen used to be used in airships.
Hydrogen airships can vary in size, but most commercial airships are around 200 to 250 feet in length. However, historical airships like the Hindenburg were much larger, at approximately 800 feet long.
gas is still used in airships to provide lift.
Hydrogen and helium are two elements that are kinda-sorta interchangeable in airships.
Hayao Miyazaki has featured airships in several of his films, including Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind and Castle in the sky. You can also find airships in Howl's moving castle. Here is a website on some anime with airships: http://animeworld.com/related/airships.html Also, here is a website with a lot of other movies with airships: http://spot.colorado.edu/~dziadeck/airship/films.htm
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Hydrogen was once used to fill airships. Quite dangerous due to how flammable it is.