Airships are often viewed as symbols of alternate realities or animated films. Though slower than planes and less powerful than freighters, airships occupy a unique space between the two. Innovators ...

Next-generation airship design enabled by modern composites LTA Research’s proof-of-concept Pathfinder 1 modernizes a fully rigid airship design with a largely carbon fiber composite frame. R&D has ...

Read on to learn about the history and modern uses of blimps and other airships—and why no one knows for sure how many blimps exist today. We got the scoop directly from Dan Grossman, one of the ...

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

Google co-founder Sergey Brin's Pathfinder 1, a green and modern airship, is ready to take off for test flights after getting approval from the FAA.