Once symbols of luxury and innovation, airships ruled the skies—until disaster struck. Discover the rise, fall, and forgotten promise of these giant flying machines, and why they vanished from ...

While they may seem like a bad idea, because they’re not as fast as planes or as powerful as freighters, airships actually sit in a goldilocks zone in between them.

More more exposure Since we published our newsletter on airships, United Airlines and other companies announced a $100 million venture-capital fund to invest in sustainable aviation fuel.

I believe that airships have a future (much like luxury cruise liners today). And I think the use of H2 should make a comeback.

Importantly, large airships need relatively little room to land or takeoff — in the case of the P-791, only about 150 meters (500 feet).

California startup H2 Clipper wants to bring back hydrogen-filled airships, claiming they can unlock completely green intercontinental cargo operations carrying 8-10 times the payload of any cargo ...

Over the next eight years, Zeppelin’s company found more funding and redesigned, tested, and built three more airships. Two of them, LZ2 and LZ4, were destroyed.

Because airships boast such exceptional “lift-to-drag ratios”, as engineers put it, they also consume relatively little fuel. This makes them—at least in theory—ideal freight vehicles.

News Release 26-Apr-2023 How solar-powered airships could make air travel climate-friendly Research team identifies optimal flight routes for solar-powered airships Peer-Reviewed Publication ...

The Army said it wants designs for hybrid airships capable of transporting 40,000 pounds of cargo -- including vehicles -- at altitudes of 10,000 feet with a range of at least 1,000 nautical miles.