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 ...
A century ago, zeppelin passengers soared across the Atlantic Ocean in luxurious gondolas hanging from humongous hydrogen-filled balloons — the biggest aircraft humanity has ever built. Then, in 1937, ...
On Sept. 3, 1925, the airship Shenandoah ZR-1 — translated to “daughter of the stars” — crashed in three sections over Noble County, Ohio. Designated by the U.S. Navy as an aircraft for use in long ...
OSHKOSH, Wis. (WBAY) - Goodyear celebrates the 100th anniversary of its famed airships by bringing two of them to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh this week. The 72nd Experimental Aircraft Association fly-in ...
It's a sparkling afternoon and the Goodyear Blimp is cruising above the southern shoreline of Los Angeles, a few miles from its base in the suburb of Carson, Calif. The airship's slender gondola, ...
It's a sparkling afternoon and the Goodyear Blimp is cruising above the southern shoreline of Los Angeles, a few miles from its base in the suburb of Carson, Calif. The airship's slender gondola, ...
The Zeppelin Company, founded in 1908 by Ferdinand von Zeppelin, was a pioneer company renowned for its airships and transoceanic commercial air service. This collection consists of three copies of a ...
Have you ever seen a Zeppelin? Not the band, but the airship? And not just any airship, but a real Zeppelin? One of only two operating Zeppelins in the world, the Farmers Airship, will be basing ...