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 ...

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.

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) ...

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 ...

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.