It can be hard to believe it in hindsight. But before the 1940s, the relationship between Germany and the United States wasn't all that different from any other influential European country. That's ...

It’s the end of an era. The very last Goodyear blimp has been deflated as that classic blimp style is being retired in favor of a new version of the flying ship. The first Goodyear blimp, known as the ...

Long before airships became novelties associated with sightseeing tours and sporting events, they were vaunted marvels of the sky. As military assets, they were used as aerial scouts in search of ...

You might think airships are a relic of the past, and you wouldn’t be wrong. The world’s most famous floating behemoth, Goodyear’s blue-and-yellow blimp, hasn’t gotten an update since the 1970s—and ...

At the beginning of the 20th century, if you wanted to cross the Atlantic, you bought a trip on a ship. But after British aviators John Alcock and Arthur Brown made the first non-stop transatlantic ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Zeppelin Company (Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH), founded in 1908 in Germany by Ferdinand von Zeppelin, was a pioneer company renowned for its ...

According to Airships.com: A dirigible is any lighter-than-air craft that is both powered and steerable (as opposed to free floating, like a balloon). Blimps like the Goodyear blimp, rigid airships ...