Pathfinder 1, bankrolled by a Google billionaire, is an attempt to revive the airship. A century after terrifying disasters, is it a safe-enough bet? On 24 October 2024, a brief post was shared on ...

The most famous airships are probably the Zeppelins of the early 20th century, and perhaps they are best known for the many accidents they endured (culminating in the Hindenburg disaster).

Postcards celebrating the night a German airship was shot down. Britain was attacked from the sky for the first time, early in 1915. No one expected air raids, so when German airships first flew ...