On October 8, 1883, the Tissandier brothers flew the first electric-powered airship, pioneering electric propulsion in ...

One hundred years after the first U.S. Navy airship took to the skies, zeppelins and blimps are poised to make a comeback Mark Piesing The USS Shenandoah leaves its hangar at the Lakehurst Naval Air ...

The project aims to make readers experience the 1929 adventure through the testimony of one of its passengers and images of the golden age of zeppelins.View on euronews ...

Frederick Michael Rope was born in Shrewsbury in 1888, attending the town's school and later becoming an accomplished ...

Two figures from Central Louisiana were among the first to help mankind get their feet off the ground in the early 1900s. Those men were Charles Page of Pineville, who built the first airship, and Leo ...

Capt. Jack Dallas wowed onlookers when he showed up with his Stroebel airship during the 1907 Cedar Rapids Carnival. The airship used a large bag filled with hydrogen gas to float. Dallas — called an ...

Part of a continuing weekly series on local history by Anchorage historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of this ...

It was the largest airship ever built - a floating fortress designed to conquer the skies. But one night, during a violent storm over the coast, the craft was struck by fierce winds and began to break ...

Moffett Federal Airfield, famous for Hangar One, also served as a vital base during World War II for K-class blimps (K-ships) like K-22, which conducted extensive anti-submarine patrols along the U.S.

Around 86 years ago, a German airship, the Hindenburg, crashed in Lakehurst, New Jersey. The disaster still resonates, thanks to newsreel footage and the dramatic recording made by radio broadcaster ...