Patent ID: 6328257
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: B64B

Abstract:
A cruise airship whose hull (S) has the form of an ellipsoid, said ellipsoid having three axes of different lengths at right angles to one another, whereby a longitudinal axis (L), which is horizontally oriented in the position for travel, a transverse axis (Q), which is horizontally oriented in the position for travel and at right angle to the longitudinal axis (L), and a vertical axis (H), which is vertically oriented in the position for travel, possess the longest, middle and shortest length, respectively, wherein the axial sections of the longitudinal axis (L), the transverse axis (Q) and the vertical axis (H) relate according to l:q:h where l is in the range 2.5 to 3.5, q is in the range 1.5 to 2.5, and h is in the range 0.5 to 1.5.