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Answer for the clue "Blimp's rank ", 9 letters:
colonelcy

Word definitions for colonelcy in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The rank or office of a colonel

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Colonelcy \Colo"nel*cy\, n. (Mil.) The office, rank, or commission of a colonel.

Usage examples of colonelcy.

I wrote him a petition, short, but so well composed that the secretary of war, having enquired the name of the author, gave the Albanian his colonelcy.

The new rank of commander was a compromise, after the city manager vetoed the colonelcies the new chief had wanted.

You probably think I'm disappointed about the colonelcies being shot down, and I am-- a little.

Through the lieutenancies he rises to the colonelcy, or superintendent's position, by appointment from above, strictly limited to the candidates of the best records.