Long before the first airplanes took to the skies, humans had already overcome gravity with the help of airships. Starting with crude hot air balloons, the 18th century saw the development of more ...

TUSTIN, Calif. -- The massive blimp-like aircraft flies but just barely, hovering only a dozen feet off a military hangar floor during flight testing south of Los Angeles. That the hulking ...

The age of the airship is back, kind of. On 15 May, startup LTA Research flew its Pathfinder 1 airship outside Silicon Valley’s Moffett Federal Airfield for the first time. The 124-meter-long helium ...

The AS700 was designed largely for civilian usage, specifically, in the tourism sector. China’s AS700 civil manned airship, developed independently, has secured an additional 10 purchase orders and is ...