Magnus Aerospace Corporation's LTA 20-1 had all the hallmarks of 1980s space-age futurism. Its design looked very much out of this world and would have been right at home as an alien spacecraft in an ...

If you’re looking for an intriguing aerial project, [DilshoD] has you covered with his unique twist on modular airships. The project, which you can explore in detail here, revolves around a modular ...

Airships are the stuff of dreams for any aviation buff. Defined as a powered aircraft that's not kept in the air by fixed or rotating wings, but by a body of gas, these things are massive, efficient ...

This artist's conception of a high-altitude airship is one of many possible models that could come from an airship design challenge. One of NASA's new citizen science endeavors could involve high-tech ...

NASA has submitted a request for information in order to gauge the interest of industry, academia, innovators and enthusiasts regarding a potential airship design challenge. The agency hopes that the ...

A third airship programme is trailing a few months behind, with at least two more to enter flight testing within two years. The resurgence of the buoyant aircraft type has been sudden, and the range ...

THE problem of the airship falls naturally into three parts, concerned with flotation, propulsion and steering respectively. The best results in any of these three branches are to a great extent ...

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 ...

The concept design of the Colossea mega-yacht features a detachable airship (Picture: Lazzarini Design/SWNS) The design behind a £787,000,000 mega-yacht Colossea – which comes with its own detachable ...

Frederick Michael Rope was born in Shrewsbury in 1888, attending the town's school and later becoming an accomplished engineer. During World War One, he joined the Royal Naval Air Service and ...