The rise of freight airships could go down like a lead balloon with traditional aircraft companies but could also represent a new high for Asian companies seeking to exploit new ways to reac... Read more
Will be able to hover at an altitude of 20 km (12 miles) Satellites may be very useful for communications, navigation and other applications, but they’re awfully expensive to build and... Read more
UAV’s, or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, tend to face two issues – not being able to stay on station for long periods, and carrying enough of a payload to be useful. Nevada outfit Airship Manufac... Read more
The dirigible airship, the oddball aircraft of another era, is making a comeback. California-based Aeros Corporation has created a prototype of its new breed of variable buoyancy aircraft an... Read more
Game Changers Advances in transportation technology are game changers. The advent of steam railways opened up the centers of the continents to settlement because it became economic to cultiv... Read more
With these two major contracts in their pocket it looks as if the era of the airship has finally come, again The famous and well documented Hindenburg disaster of 1937, when the hydrogen-fil... Read more
Not so long ago it seemed that the golden age of giant lumbering airships had gone down with the Hindenberg, consigned to less spectacular roles in research, advertising and as a great camer... Read more
A way to fly a balloon in and out of the stratosphere ACCORDING to the old adage, what goes up must come down. But in the case of balloons, the descent sometimes comes sooner than expected.... Read more