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History: Why Did The UK's Plan To Unite Canada & Australia With Airships Fail?

The airship Imperial Airship Scheme would have connected the corners of the British Empire, but was met with disaster.

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Graf Zeppelin: 5 Things You Didn't Know About The World's Most Successful Rigid Airship

The Graf Zeppelin flew around the world and enjoyed a successful career before the disaster of the Hindenburg.

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Cool: The Empire State Building Was Built With An Airship Mooring Mast

The Empire State Building's mooring mask was officially built to dock airships, but it was more likely a folly to become the tallest tower.

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A Futuristic US Navy airship flying near a city.
Back To The Future: Five Airships In Development Today

Massive airships are being seen as a solution to heavy and bulky cargo transport and many are in development today.

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Throwback: What Was Early Commercial Flying Like Before The Second World War?

Early commercial flights were a luxurious affair that is arguably not matched in today's First Class flights.

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Not Just The Hindenburg: Five Other Infamous Airship Disasters From Years Gone By

Many of the world's great airships crashed at great loss of life - including those in US military service.

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Did You Know The First Powered Lighter-Than-Air Flight Was 51 Years Before The Wright Brothers?

The Giffard Airship was the first full-scale airship to demonstrate powered and controllable flight over Paris.

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A US Navy Akron Class Airship flying over New York City.
When Aircraft Carriers Fly: What Were Akron Class Airships & Why Were They Important?

The USS Akron and Macon were two massive aircraft carrying airships built for the US Navy and helped define an era.

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The Solar Airship One Flying Over Terrain.
The Heavy-Lift Airship That Wasn't: What Happened To The Cargo Lifter CL 160?

While the CargoLifter CL160 was not to be, many other cargo-lifting airships are in development.

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One By One: A Brief History Of The US Navy's 5 Airships

The US Navy operated five giant airships, four of which crashed. During their careers, two were used as flying aircraft carriers.

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Something New: Could 600-Ton Capacity Cargo Airships Became Reality?

Aerosmena's 600-tonne capacity airship is perhaps the largest of several heavy-lift airships under development.

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Cool: The Airlander 10 Airship Is Set To Run Tours To The Arctic

Hybrid Air Vehicles plans to have its Airlander 10 run on hydrogyn fuel cells by 2030.

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Solar Airship One: Meet The Aircraft That Might Never Need To Stop Flying

Commercial airships could be making a green-focussed return.

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Top 5: The Most Iconic Aviation Photographs Of All Time

A small selection of five important images.

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A Goodyear Blimp flying in Deerfield Beach, Florida
What Is The Goodyear Blimp?

The round and colorful objects that have graced the American and European skies.

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A FLYING WHALES airship carrying freight containers flying over water.
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The World's First Flight Attendant

Surprisingly the flight attendants worked on airships

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How The Hindenburg Disaster Spelled The End For Interwar Airship Travel

The crash, deemed one of the worst air disasters, was a significant blow to the aviation industry.

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Throwback: Detroit’s Former Status As An Airship Hub

How Detroit auto industry titans and aviation pioneers put the city on the map.

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