An Airship: the number one sign that you’re in an alternate universe or a Miyazaki movie. While they may seem like a bad idea, because they’re not as fast as planes or as powerful as ...

A California company will fly its Zepplin airship up Alaska's Inside Passage and all the way to Anchorage next year -- if it can line up sponsors. Lighter-than-air aircraft advocates say such ...

Long before the first airplanes took to the skies, humans had already overcome gravity with the help of airships. Starting with crude hot air balloons, the 18th century saw the development of more … ...

Skunk Works has worked on developing the airship for the last 20 years and in 2006 showcased the half-sized prototype, the P-971, according to the product card.

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.