In 1897, strange airships were reported across the United States, sparking curiosity and fear. Dive into the mysterious ...

Selected by David Rooney, the author, most recently, of “The Big Hop: The First Non-stop Flight Across the Atlantic Ocean and ...

While early airships relied on similar infrastructure, this new generation of giant flying blimps can zip from point to point and land anywhere, including ice sheets, beaches, meadows, deserts ...

Early airships, with the help of one of today's leading auto suppliers, were groundbreaking transportation-technology platforms. May 23, 2021 05:00 PM. Pete Bigelow Tweet Share Share ...

In the early 20th century, a ride aboard a zeppelin was a memorable experience. A gourmet dinner was served by waiters in formal attire. ... Airships would continue to be built, ...

Between 1899 and 1922, Dellshau created 100 airship designs, and you can see a few more of them, along with Dellshau’s crudely bound notebooks and more details about Dellshau’s life and work ...

One hundred years after the first U.S. Navy airship took to the skies, ... Ohio, and the construction of even larger airships—the USS Akron and USS Macon—in the early 1930s.

For the first half of the 20th century, atomic-powered airships were the stuff of science fiction. It wasn’t until President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s 1953 “Atoms for Peace” address at the UN ...

The first age of airships died with the 36 people who perished in 1937's Hindenburg disaster. More than 70 years later an Alabama-based company plans to launch the world's largest inflatable craft.

In the early 20th century, the Soviet Union began purchasing airships from France, Germany and Italy. The nation wanted to propel the Soviet military with the rest of the world's superpowers and ...

Soon there were airship toys, airship postage stamps, and airship songs. Early films captured the luxury of long-distance travel by Zeppelin — German craft, which were much bigger than blimps ...