The Akron-class airships, Akron and Macon, represented the pinnacle of rigid airship design and were the U.S. Navy's only ...

RATHERa striking contrast is offered by the pitiful wrecking of the first non-German rigid dirigible, the British naval airship “Mayfly” which broke in two before it even got into the air ...

This is the first semi-rigid airship to be built in the 95-year history of the Wingfoot Lake Hangar. For more than 87 years, the Goodyear blimps have appeared at the most watched news ...

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An aeronautical group wants to deploy cargo airships to outback Queensland, but is it doable and safe? Transport experts ...

From January of 1915 through July of 1917, Germany conducted numerous air raids on British cities using rigid airships – Zeppelins. This was hazardous duty, for Zeppelins full of hydrogen were liable ...

The balloon-like body of the airship – the "envelope" – is made of polyester with an innovative film from DuPont™ called Tedlar®, surrounding a semi-rigid internal structure, which ...