Hendrick's Gin, a gin flavored with cucumber, has launched a dirigible called the Flying Cucumber, which will make an appearance in Houston May 16-17. The dirigible was launched in April and is ...

The Wingfoot Express dirigible in Grant Park in July 1919. The Wingfoot crashed through the skylight of the Illinois Trust and Savings bank, causing a fire and killing 13 people.

The dirigible is the brainchild of the U.S. Air Force and the Pentagon's research arm, which together will spend $400 million to develop a prototype that could pave the way for a fleet of spy ...

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said Thursday that it intends to spend $400 million to develop a giant dirigible that will float 65,000 feet above Earth for 10 years, providing unblinking and ...

The Shenandoah, a 682-foot-long dirigible built in 1923, was the first dirigible built in the United States. The U.S. Navy planned to use the helium gas-filled vessel as a flying aircraft carrier ...

MINEOLA, L.I. -- To William Ballantyne, 22 years old, belongs the distinction of being the first aerial stowaway to cross the Atlantic. Ballantyne was originally a member of the R-34's crew. Just ...

A mammoth dirigible provides all the comforts of a steamer. Staterooms would be located in the in- August !t, 19 J 1 terior, dining saloons, kitchens, stores, etc., near tho bottom, promenade ...

The interview with Hokan Colting, builder of up-to-date dirigibles, reminded me that it is now many years since articles about a renaissance of airships began to appear (22 May, p 44). We have ...

This is not what they were. Dirigible is an adjective meaning “capable of being steered”, literally directable, and a noun, which is short for dirigible balloon or airship.

Last week Helium Co. of Louisville revealed the whereabouts of its new wells, discovery of which was reported last month (TIME, May 20). They are in Utah. From one Utah well 3.6% helium can be ...