This morning, I was driving home (from a doctor's appointment, ugh), and while stopped at a traffic light I was distracted by the biggest blimp I'd ever seen.
It turns out this was Pathfinder-1, the LTA Research experimental vehicle.
Technically, the airship carries helium in a rigid internal frame rather than relying on the soft envelope design of traditional blimps; the design aims to improve resilience and control while lowering the carbon footprint compared to jets, as reported by Design News.
I guess I'm not supposed to call it a blimp.
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