Aeronautics and astronautics – Aircraft – lighter-than-air – Airships
Patent
1994-08-15
1997-07-08
Barefoot, Galen L.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Aircraft, lighter-than-air
Airships
244 96, 244125, B64B 106
Patent
active
056452489
ABSTRACT:
A lighter than air apparatus is provided with a gas impermeable sheeting material having a pathway either extending through the apparatus itself or adjacent to the apparatus. One or more control surfaces are provided proximately to an aperture in the pathway for deflecting air passing through the pathway. A propulsion unit with the pathway propels air through pathway. The pathway, the control surfaces, and the control unit allow the lighter than air apparatus to control its bearing and efficiently maintain its position over the Earth.
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