An airship is a type of aircraft that flies using a very large balloon filled with a lighter-than-air gas. Airships were an important means of air transportation before the 1940s but are little used today, having been largely replaced by airplanes and helicopters. However, some aeronautical engineers believe that airships could become popular again because they offer a number of advantages over airplanes and helicopters One advantage of airships is that for vertical lift (the force that keeps the ship airborne), they use a balloon that floats rather than an engine. Airplanes and helicopters use engines for both vertical lift and horizontal movement, but airships use engines solely for horizontal movement. So, airships use less fuel than a typical aircraft—thus making their fuel costs more economical. Another advantage of airships is that they can be used in hard-to-reach locations. Unlike airplanes, airships do not require a long runway for takeoff and landing because of their ab巾ty to lift off and land vertically. The only other aircraft capable of ascending into the sky by going straight up and descending straight down to the ground is the helicopter, which can carry only a small amount of weight. Airships, meanwhile, are able to carry very heavy loads. As a result, airships could do jobs that neither airplanes nor helicopters can do, such as carrying heavy logs from forests to distribution centers. Finally, airships could even be used to replace satellites. Currently, satellites are launched into Earth's orbit carrying all kinds of equipment important in telecommunications or in surveying large areas of Earth's surface for military purposes. Since airships can also rise high above the surface and stay there without refueling for a significant amount of time, they could provide services s1m1lar to those provided by satellites, and at a considerably cheaper cost
The article and lecture discussed the possibility of replacing aircraft with airship in the future. The article suggested that there are three reasons which make using airship likely in the future. The lecturer, on the other hand, responded that the arguments made in the article are not solid enough.
To begin with, the article stated that airship can used for vertical lift. According to the article airship can float easily in the air, moreover it does not require engine nor using fuel. The lecturer, however, stressed that airship require a specific type of gases. According to the lecturer, Helium and Hydrogen are used in the airship, and the using of both gases has drawbacks. Helium gas if difficult to obtain, and Hydrogen can catch fire easily which would cause accidents in the airship.
Second, the article pointed out that airship can be used in locations that are hard to reach by aircrafts, which allows using them to pick things from ground. In contrast, the lecturer responded that using airship to pick things should be done slowly and steadily, however it is hard to keep airship steady in the air especially in the presence of strong wind.
Finally, the author of the article emphasized that airship can be used as satellite in the space. The lecturer, on the other hand, countered that airships are not ready yet to replace the satellite. He explained that the airships can rise up to only forty kilometers height above the surface. Moreover, if there is strong wind, aircrafts will use up fuel continuously and need to be refilled.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 199, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...ake using airship likely in the future. The lecturer, on the other hand, responded ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
finally, however, if, moreover, second, so, in contrast, to begin with, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 10.4613686534 105% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 5.04856512141 198% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 7.30242825607 110% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 12.0772626932 108% => OK
Pronoun: 14.0 22.412803532 62% => OK
Preposition: 37.0 30.3222958057 122% => OK
Nominalization: 1.0 5.01324503311 20% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1296.0 1373.03311258 94% => OK
No of words: 263.0 270.72406181 97% => OK
Chars per words: 4.92775665399 5.08290768461 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.02706775958 4.04702891845 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.43127872765 2.5805825403 94% => OK
Unique words: 137.0 145.348785872 94% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.520912547529 0.540411800872 96% => OK
syllable_count: 403.2 419.366225166 96% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 3.25607064018 31% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 2.5761589404 233% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 13.0662251656 107% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 21.2450331126 85% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 31.57409491 49.2860985944 64% => OK
Chars per sentence: 92.5714285714 110.228320801 84% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.7857142857 21.698381199 87% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.35714285714 7.06452816374 90% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 4.33554083885 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.27373068433 140% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.244338098723 0.272083759551 90% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.101416653793 0.0996497079465 102% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0435910759901 0.0662205650399 66% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.159599076638 0.162205337803 98% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0317910616166 0.0443174109184 72% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.2 13.3589403974 84% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 53.8541721854 115% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 11.0289183223 83% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.31 12.2367328918 92% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.07 8.42419426049 96% => OK
difficult_words: 59.0 63.6247240618 93% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.0 10.7273730684 56% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.498013245 88% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 78.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.5 Out of 30
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