Once symbols of luxury and innovation, airships ruled the skies—until disaster struck. Discover the rise, fall, and forgotten ...

In 1937, travel was at a crossroads—elegant airships or fast airplanes? Airships like the Hindenburg offered unmatched luxury ...

Airships, which are best known today for their use as advertising blimps, have long been recognized for their potential as large, low-emissions transportation vessels that can haul huge amounts of ...

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.

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.

The Army and U.S. Transportation Command are interested in developing modern versions of the craft for combat and humanitarian missions.

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

Zeppelin’s Airships: Engineering Design in Action. Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin was an engineer whose self-named company made the first successful rigid airship.

A new European partnership will ensure that graphene ultracapacitor technology powers the next generation of large, heavy-lift airships for industrial applications in China and France. | ...