The tragic Hindenburg disaster of 1937, which resulted in the death of 36 people and effectively ended passenger airship travel, cast a long-lasting shadow over lighter-than-air technology. For many ...

Long before jet aircraft came to dominate air transport, a variety of lighter-than-air vessels known as airships sought to combine the capabilities of ships at sea with the radical new ability of ...

This isn't inviting bad karma, it's learning from past mistakes. Rigid airships are making a comeback, but perhaps few others are as bold as the Solar Airship One project. The airship era effectively ...