Shortly after the first balloon flights in the late 1700s, people began working on ways to steer the new invention. Some suggested sails, others advocated flappers, while still others wanted to try hand-cranked propellers. None proved practical because...

An airship or dirigible is a buoyant lighter than air aircraft that can be steered and propelled through the air using rudders and propellers. Unlike other aerodynamic aircraft such as planes and helicopters, which produce lift by moving a wing or...

Unlike their predecessors, new-generation concepts are firmly focused on the market A propitious mix of technological advances and growing interest from potential commercial and military customers is setting the stage for a comeback by lighter-than-air vehicles. Market analyses point to a significant potential...

History Today as we face the consequences of de facto socialism in much of our transportation, it is poignant to think that we might have avoided our problems if the results of an experiment in the 1920s had been heeded. That experiment, perhaps...

At 87, Robert Buchanan says he sometimes has trouble remembering what he did 10 minutes ago. But he can recall in vivid detail the day 70 years ago when he watched the luxurious airship Hindenburg erupt into a fireball.Flames roared across the surface of the...

Paul "Ed" Yost, considered the father of modern hot-air ballooning for a successful three-mile trip on a propane-powered balloon, has died. He was 87.Yost died Sunday at his home in New Mexico, according to a statement from his son.According to the National Balloon Museum in...