Iconic airship turns 100: ‘Floating piece of Americana’ still thriving
From technological improvements to its status as an advertising icon, the Goodyear Blimp has evolved while remaining a ...
Got $375? You could take a ride on world’s largest passenger airship in Eden Prairie this week
Eden Prairie’s Flying Cloud Airport will play host to the world’s largest passenger airship this week. The Farmers Airship is the only commercial airship with passenger operations in ...
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A 785-Foot Airship Crashed on This Day in 1935. The Location of the Wreck Site Remained a Mystery for More Than 70 Years
It was 785 feet long, three times longer than a Boeing 747. The rest of the airship’s stats were equally impressive: It weighed 200 tons, could stay in the air for three days, and handled an 83 ...
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Pathfinder 1: The airship that could usher in a new age
Pathfinder 1, bankrolled by a Google billionaire, is an attempt to revive the airship. A century after terrifying disasters, is it a safe-enough bet? On 24 October 2024, a brief post was shared on ...
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Don’t call it a blimp: Massive airship debuts at Moffett Field in Mountain View
Reviving an early 20th-century ambition, an experimental airship debuted at Moffett Field in November, albeit for only a few minutes before technicians rolled the massive aircraft back inside its ...
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One By One: A Brief History Of The US Navy's 5 Airships
Despite the disasters, airship technology lives on, along with possibilities like Arctic tours and green airships. Germany is famous for its airships - most notably the successful Graf Zepplin and ...