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

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 ...

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, ...

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.

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The new zeppelins are still in the early days of their development — none are yet certified to fly. ... HAV’s airship is 300 feet long and can carry 11 tons of cargo or about 100 passengers.

Airships have captured science-fiction writers’ imaginations — including Kim Stanley Robinson in Ministry for the Future. We examine the tech’s utility in the real world.

But in the early days of rickety aircraft, ... For one, airships couldn’t hold a large group of passengers efficiently. They required massive hangers (hence Hanger One in San Francisco) ...

Goodyear manufactured a series of airships throughout the ’20s and ’30s, from the frameless Type AD commercial blimp to the military-aimed, rigid-framed Akron-class airship for the U.S. Navy.

As early as 1919, the R-38 model was contracted from Britain. But before the U.S. Navy could take delivery and assign it its ZR-2 designation, the airship crashed on its fourth trial in 1921.