The Akron-based tire company is celebrating the 100th anniversary of “Pilgrim,” its first blimp to take flight just outside ...

Thanks to pilots like Basaran, the Goodyear Blimp fleet is still globetrotting. The company operates three blimps in the U.S.

But, the blimps received more than just advertising attention. During the World Wars, Goodyear manufactured blimps for the ...

As anyone who grew up in Akron can tell you, it's a special day when you see the Goodyear Blimp. This week, as part of the ...

T he age of the airship is back, kind of. On 15 May, startup LTA Research flew its Pathfinder 1 airship outside Silicon ...

Unlike the hydrogen-filled Hindenburg, which was highly flammable, the Z1 relies on helium for lift, a nonflammable gas, providing buoyancy for the majority of the airship's weight, combined with ...

Nearly a century after the Hindenburg, a new generation of airship companies says they have a greener alternative for tourism and cargo flights.

Replacing flammable hydrogen with helium has allowed for safer development and aims to avoid a repeat of the Hindenburg disaster, the luxury German airship that exploded live on film in 1937.

The AT2 Aerospace Z1 airship aims to use a combination of hydrogen-powered thrust vectoring and helium buoyancy to efficiently carry people and goods over 1,000 miles (1,600 km) per trip.

But has airship technology matured? Bedford, UK-based Hybrid Air Vehicles thinks so and its Airlander zeppelins which use helium for lift, are supposed to make air travel not only far safer but ...