There were also some hot air balloons in those days. In fact, I'm trying to find some record of a man who operated such things in the mid-west around the turn of the century and earlier. They were supposedly used in the Civil War by both sides. -- Jeanne > It's definitely a blimp. In air traffic parlance the Goodyear Blimp is > "Airship November-----". There are several of them you know. > Jill >