Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin was an engineer whose self-named company made the first successful rigid airship. The path from his inspiration during a balloon trip in Minnesota in ...

Music memorabilia collector, Joseph Robert O’Donnell, uncovered the sketches hidden among mixed artworks which he bought at ...

As part of the blimp’s birthday celebration, Goodyear is giving three lucky fans, selected by lottery, the rare chance to fly ...

and airship songs. Early films captured the luxury of long-distance travel by Zeppelin — German craft, which were much bigger than blimps and had a rigid frame. They also used a more readily ...

Soon there were airship toys, airship postage stamps, and airship songs. Early films captured the luxury of long-distance travel by Zeppelin — German craft, which were much bigger than blimps and had ...

There's no loud propulsion. You're not thrown back into your seat as you speed down the runway. Your stomach doesn't knot; knuckles don't go white. One second you're on the ground, and the next ...

People are also familiar with airships from the Hindenburg Disaster. On May 6, 1937, while landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, the Zeppelin exploded killing 13 passengers, 22 crewmen, and one worker ...