The airship USS Macon is moored at Hangar One at Moffett Federal Airfield near Mountain View, Calif. The airship crashed off the coast of California in 1935, and decades later still haunted the public ...

Here’s a radical idea: the U.S. Navy should embrace airships to supplement its battle fleets. Nearly a hundred years after the Navy tinkered with airships, a new proposal has emerged that would see ...

November 15, 2007 JP Aerospace has developed a class of twin balloon, high altitude, low cost utility airships that will be the highest flying airships ever built. Designed for use in ...

Airships offer a unique mode of transport, bridging the gap between planes and freighters. This video explores the potential ...

Ever since the Hindenburg went up in flames, aeronautic manufacturers have dreamed of a future in which massive airships might one day dominate our airways. However, jets quickly emerged as the safer, ...

Airships. Slow, difficult to land, and highly flammable when they’re full of hydrogen. These days, they’re considered more of a historical curiosity rather than a useful method of transport. Hybrid ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. “Some kids wanted to be firefighters,” Igor Pasternak says. “I ...

Before airplanes and rockets, but right after manned balloons, there were airships—basically, balloons with rudders and a means of propulsion. Some were blimps, their shape maintained entirely by the ...

Reintroducing airships into the world's transportation-mix could contribute to lowering the transport sector's carbon emissions and can play a role in establishing a sustainable hydrogen based economy ...

Blimps were once at the forefront of aviation—at least before airplanes innovated past their lighter-than-air technology. Now, airships are often used for advertising or aerial broadcasting, which is ...