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 ...

On this day in aviation history, February 12, 1935, the United States Navy’s scouting airship and “flying aircraft carrier” USS Macon (ZRS-5) was lost in a storm of the California coast. Having once ...

The U.S. Navy once dreamed of floating airships that could launch clusters of tiny fighter airplanes. Thomas Paone Tom Paone curates three collections at the National Air and Space Museum, including ...

One hundred forty-two years ago today, on October 8, 1883, the first flight of an electric-motor powered airship took place. French brothers Albert-Charles and Gaston Tissandier piloted the dirigible ...

Flights of fancy -- The early attempts -- Going the distance -- His Majesty's Airship R34 -- Transatlantic airliners -- Disaster over the Humber -- The Amerikaschiff -- Zeppelin fever -- Linking the ...

It was 100 years ago this week – way back in 1924, in the thick of the early roaring days of aviation history – when a giant U.S. Navy airship visited the Puget Sound and took the population by storm.

Airships, which are best known today for their use as advertising blimps, have long been recognized for their potential as large, low-emissions transportation vessels that can haul huge amounts of ...

The USS Akron flies off the Panama Canal Zone on March 15, 1933, with the airship's training plane suspending in her hangar opening. (U.S. Army Air Corps photo from the collections of the Naval ...