The Wonderful Airship Fantasy of Grey Goose Vodka
Once again an airship is used as the ultimate symbol of dreamy happiness, this time by Grey Goose vodka. When you want people to feel uplifted,…
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Happy Mother’s Day from the Goodyear Blimp
The Goodyear Blimp wishing you a Happy Mother’s Day.
Hindenburg Disaster Anniversary – May 6, 1937
Every year on May 6, at 7:25 PM Eastern time, I drink several toasts on the anniversary of the Hindenburg disaster. Here are some photos from last…
Titanic and Hindenburg
People often compare Titanic and Hindenburg; there was even a film called Hindenburg: Titanic of the Skies. But while both are best remembered for their dramatic disasters, these two passenger ships otherwise…
In Memoriam: U.S.S. Akron – April 4, 1933
U.S.S. Akron, lost at sea April 4, 1933. The crash of U.S.S. Akron was the deadliest airship disaster in history, killing 73 men; there were only…
U.S.S. Los Angeles lifts navy ship into the air
An April Fool’s joke from the 5 April 1931 issue of the Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung.
2016 Goodyear Airship Calendar Giveaway
To celebrate the New Year, Airships.net is giving away a 2016 Goodyear Airship Calendar produced by the great folks at the Airship International Press. To enter,…
Merry Christmas, Friends
New Book about the Airship Roma Disaster
A new book about the 1922 airship Roma disaster will be published soon. The Roma was a United States Army airship built by Umberto Nobile; the ship ignited…
Lady Grace Drummond-Hay’s 1928 Christmas Card
Lady Grace Hay Drummond-Hay’s 1928 Christmas card. Lady Drummond-Hay mailed these cards shortly after her first zeppelin flight in October, 1928, when she a passenger…
Santa Rides the Goodyear Blimp
Santa traded his sleigh for a Goodyear blimp in 1925. Santa Claus delivered his toys that year aboard Pilgrim, Goodyear’s first advertising blimp, which also served as…
Beautiful New Book: “AIRSHIPS: Designed for Greatness”
AIRSHIPS: Designed for Greatness showcases the beautiful illustrations of the very talented Italian artist Max Pinucci. Max created detailed, accurate, and beautiful illustrations of the world’s most famous…
Queen Mary and Hindenburg: A Detailed Comparison
For a brief moment in history — in the year 1936 — passengers who wanted to cross the Atlantic had an astounding choice: five days…
Happy Thanksgiving
November 21: The Birthday of Human Flight
On November 21, 1783, an-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent, Marquis d’Arlandes, flew over Paris for 25 minutes in a hot air balloon built…
Happy Airship Halloween
There is NOT a military blimp on the loose
Despite widespread but incorrect reports of a “military blimp” on the loose, the JLENS balloon that broke free from its tether is not a blimp. A…
Today in History: The airship America and the First Attempt to Fly the Atlantic
On October 15, 1910, Walter Wellman’s airship America departed Atlantic City, New Jersey on the first attempt in history to cross the Atlantic Ocean by air….
An Airship Tuberculosis Hospital
In the days before antibiotics, the only treatment for tuberculosis was sunlight, clean air, and good food. What better place than an airship? Before the 1940s, physicians…
New “Hindenburg Cocktail” Recipe and a Tribute to Café de Abejas
I can’t believe it took me two years to stumble across the cocktail recipe published by Café de Abejas, a band from Helsinki, but I am…