"Since experimenting with helium balloons and model balsa gliders as a child in the early 70's, I always conceived that there must be a certain streamlined way to retain a slow and safe descent speed ...

Alaska could soon welcome back the era of the dirigible. Researchers argue that helium-powered cargo airships are cheaper and more flexible than conventional air craft -- and that could be a game ...

The usefulness of airships and blimps really needs to be rediscovered. Sad to say, the inter-war flying behemoths were plagued by bad press and catastrophic accidents that doomed them to obsolescence.

CARSON, Calif. (Aug. 24, 2015) — Goodyear Airship Operations is continuing its transition to a new model of blimps. The company will retire its Los Angeles-based Goodyear blimp “Spirit of America” in ...

Using a 17-foot-long helium-filled blimp, four propellers and sophisticated electronics, three Johns Hopkins undergraduates have built a model airship that will aid professional engineers who are ...

What do you get when you cross an airship and an airplane? If you’re willing to spend more than $4 million, you could get the Plimp hybrid aircraft that’s envisioned by Seattle-based Egan Airships.

Two airship models were created by artist Peter Excho using Charles Page’s patented drawings. One is in the airport’s exhibit and the other at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. This was the ...