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 ...

First of all we must show how the size of the airship can be increased without weakening the structure or increasing its weight inordinately, and, next. how and why the eight different advantagcs ...

From 1919 to 2014, it was a blimp, classified as a nonrigid airship, meaning that its balloon, or envelope, had no internal structure. But in 2014, in collaboration with the Zeppelin company in ...

Documents the grand opening of the massive hangar built to house the U.S. Navy's airship *Macon*. The film captures large crowds, military personnel, and the ceremonial unveiling of the structure ...

Airships are the stuff of dreams for any aviation buff. Defined as a powered aircraft that's not kept in the air by fixed or rotating wings, but by a body of gas, these things are massive ...