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

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.

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

The blimp travels more than 100 days per year, with trips ranging anywhere from three days to three weeks. A crew of nearly ...

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 ...

Tech expert Kurt Knutsson says AT² Aerospace’s Z1 hybrid airship uses helium lift, low fuel, no runways. They came from thousands of miles apart to DC and found love. Then tragedy struck ...

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 zeppelins were largely abandoned, a handful of start-ups are trying to revive the airship for both ...