From 1921 to 1935, the Navy maneuvered five lighter-than-air flying giants, with occasional visits to San Diego. But the ...

Google Sergey Brin funded LTA (Lighter then Air Ships) and they completed a 400 foot (124 meter) long Pathfinder 1.

Airships, except when they’re used for tire company ads, seem like vestiges of the past nowadays. But Hybrid Air Vehicles wants to change that with its new Airlander aircraft, which promises to ...

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The enterprises claim that rigid airships will herald an era of sustainable luxury air travel despite only having a top speed of 80 miles per hour.

How Silicon Valley will put airships back in flight Google’s Sergey Brin and NASA’s Alan Weston use tech to resurrect a long-forgotten way to fly ...

While it can't compete with the cargo-carrying capacity of an airplane, it could one day be used to deliver humanitarian aid and cell service.

Blimps could reduce air travel CO2 emissions, but they consume large amounts of helium which is a non-renewable resource.

Hybrid Airships combine the technology of lighter-than-air aircraft with airplanes, helicopters and hovercraft. Helium provides 80 percent of the lift, and the remaining lift comes from the ...

Dr. Hugo Eckener, world's foremost expert on lighter-than-air craft, arrived in the U. S. from Germany last week to try to get some helium for German dirigibles. The U. S. has practically all ...

The sell-off of the federal strategic helium reserve has driven up demand for the vital element and poses a threat to the supply that researchers need, a panel of U.S. experts reported on Friday ...