What is "ballonets"

Usage examples of "ballonets".

They seemed to think there was a leak in one of the aft gas ballonets.

A rigging crew had done considerable toward repairing the ripped gas ballonets.

Deseau had guessed right: the dirigible got its lift from hydrogen, the lightest gas and cheap enough to dump and replace after every voyage so that the ballonets didn't fill with condensed water over time.

She felt light, as if the hydrogen in the ballonets had filled her as well.

I’m going to get us down as fast as I can, I’ll have to empty some of the ballonets.

I'm going to get us down as fast as I can, I'll have to empty some of the ballonets.

She felt light, as if the hydrogen in the ballonets had filled her as well.

She would have tossed out pieces of the dirigible frame too, if she could have gotten into the ballonets.

I’m going to get us down as fast as I can, I’ll have to empty some of the ballonets.

Margo trimmed their attitude by adjusting the amount of ordinary air contained in ballonets inside the hydrogen bag.

They opened every release valve on the gas bag and deflated it slowly then trod on the ballonets to help deflate them as well.

I'm going to get us down as fast as I can, I'll have to empty some of the ballonets.