This summer, 40 teams will be launching homemade, human-powered airships off of a 27-foot-tall flight deck in Milwaukee and gliding over — and then into — Lake Michigan. Red Bull Flugtag — named after ...

Despite the 1937 disaster wherein a hydrogen-powered German airship known as the Hindenburg exploded over New Jersey killing 36, dirigibles have remained in flight for over 170 years. Known also as ...

Picture it: Dancing the night away with cocktails in hand, fresh air breezing over your skin as you step out onto a quiet balcony. Below, lights from small towns dot Earth’s darkened landscape as you ...

Zeppelins, the rigid airships most famously epitomized by the Hindenburg, now seem kind of retro, rather than the image of futurity they represented in the 1930s. But they could be about to make a ...

Airships. Slow, difficult to land, and highly flammable when they’re full of hydrogen. These days, they’re considered more of a historical curiosity rather than a useful method of transport. Hybrid ...

In May 1937, the Hindenburg suddenly burst into flames, killing thirty-five and the dream of commercial airship travel. “Oh, the humanity and all the passengers screaming around here. I told you, I ...

Reintroducing airships into the world's transportation-mix could contribute to lowering the transport sector's carbon emissions and can play a role in establishing a sustainable hydrogen based economy ...

The airship USS Macon is moored at Hangar One at Moffett Federal Airfield near Mountain View, Calif. The airship crashed off the coast of California in 1935, and decades later still haunted the public ...

The strong green credentials of hybrid airships raise new hopes of market acceptance. Spanish regional carrier Air Nostrum would use the Airlander to carry up to 100 passengers and meet carbon ...