AMONG the important papers read last week at the Institution of Naval Architects was one on airship construction by Mr. C. I. R. Campbell, who has been responsible at the Admiralty for the design of ...

This isn't inviting bad karma, it's learning from past mistakes. Rigid airships are making a comeback, but perhaps few others are as bold as the Solar Airship One project. The airship era effectively ...

Representatives from the Finnish company Kelluu test their uncrewed airship at REPMUS 2025, a NATO-led military exercise to investigate new drone technology. NATO. Two silver radi ...

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While the concept of rigid airships and the basic airframe design are a throwback to pre-Hindenburg times of the early 1900s, Pathfinder 1 uses a frame made from 3,000 welded titanium hubs, joined by ...

The Zeppelin Museum in Friedrichshafen explores the engineering, design, and operational realities of airships, from rigid ...

It’s a blustery January day outside Lakehurst, New Jersey. The East Coast of North America is experiencing its worst weather in decades, and all civilian aircraft have been grounded the past four days ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The USS ZR-1 Shenandoah was the first American-built rigid airship to use helium; the first to use water recovery apparatus for the continuous ...