This isn't inviting bad karma, it's learning from past mistakes. Rigid airships are making a comeback, but perhaps few others are as bold as the Solar Airship One project. Follow us: The airship era ...

Zero-emissions long-distance aviation is absolutely possible... Provided you're not in a hurry. Solar Airship One will take 20 days to fly all the way around the equator, some 40,000 km (~25,000 miles ...

The tragic Hindenburg disaster of 1937, which resulted in the death of 36 people and effectively ended passenger airship travel, cast a long-lasting shadow over lighter-than-air technology. For many ...

The first age of airships ended in flames—the next one begins with an entire world on fire. With a warming climate rapidly melting the ice caps, animals blinking out of existence, and ...

Pathfinder 1, bankrolled by a Google billionaire, is an attempt to revive the airship. A century after terrifying disasters, is it a safe-enough bet? On 24 October 2024, a brief post was shared on the ...