Now that is interesting as I though all airships used rudder and elevators...it would have seemed the simple logical solution.

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

Thanks for the sites Doug...will check them out

Always been partial to aircraft with more than one wing, airships and balloons.

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

Just visited all the sites posted in this thread.  Marvelous and very educational.  Especially the Airships...I like the idea of how they could be used to relieve the world of land mines.
Yes and to help us stamp out drug smugglers, poachers, monitor the environment and so much much more.
My knowledge on airships is very limited and would like to see more threads posted on these marvelous machines.
Doug, visited one site on the SE5A you supplied above and saw a properly dressed airman, olive drab uniform, riding boots, spurs, riding breeches, sam brown belt and the proper headdress (forage cap) and not a dammed beret that belongs on a tankers head or an airborne types head.
Of course the World War Two RAF or RCAF Battle Dress with Forage Cap were and in my opinion still are one of the smartest looking uniforms designed.

Thanks for the info...looking forward to more!

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug