Airships

Airships, also known as dirigibles and blimps, are a type of lighter-than-air aircraft that stay in the sky by floating and has engines that allows it to move forward. They appear as the major ship type in the World of Gourd Roger along with sea-based battleships and underwater submarines. They also coexist along with sailing clippers and dhows which are already decreasing in popularity for ocean-going ships.

Design in the World of Gourd Roger
There is only one standard when it comes to airships according to the laws. It is considered an airship once its engines are made for sky travel. Some seafaring ships can be converted into airships, particularly in the case of Steamboat Willie when it was modified into one during their first New World journey. Airships are generally powered by gigantic hot-air balloons with rigid or non-rigid frames and are propelled by turboprop engines.

However, this traditional design was challenged when Kontoki Sakata reinvented the Ark Maxim's formula by using Jet. Kwaito III competed this by creating an actual engine that provides more powerful lift that blows a large amount of wind into a small area of land, increasing the pressure that allows it to fly and remain in flight. This will be used on their alliance's newest ship, The Imperial Scepter. This modifications were also adapted into the Steamboat Willie after their first fight against Yuki Karjalainen of the Four Dragons.

Pirate airships
Just like the ships from the canon, airships may also vary in size from the largest ones such as the Hava Gazi to the smallest ones that are roughly the size of a dinghy.

Marine airships
The only acceptable Marine airship to Government standards is the SKH Sora. However, there are other battleships that were fitted with balloons for use on some occasions.