Quiz: What Do You Know About Early Airships?
Quiz: What Do You Know About Early Airships?
There’s more to lighter-than-air travel than the Hindenburg. But there's also the Hindenburg, too.
Today, airships are familiar as camera platforms at sporting events. But they were the earliest form of heavier-than-air powered transportation and, until the 1930s, had strong interest from military and commercial organizations. Test your knowledge of these early airships in this ASME quiz.
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