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…
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Today in 1921: Crash of Airship R-38 / ZR-2
On this day in 1921, the British-built airship R-38 — intended for U.S. Navy service as ZR-2 — broke up in the air near Hull…
British Airship R.101 Crashes, Killing 48 – This Day in 1930
On October 5, 1930, the British airship R.101 crashed on a hill in Beauvais, France. The impact was gentle and survivable but the ship was…
Today in History: The crash of LZ-4 and the Miracle at Echterdingen
Today is the anniversary of the crash of LZ-4 on August 5, 1908. The crash could have been the end of the zeppelin dream, but…
Hydrogen Balloons Launched in North Carolina
Two hydrogen-inflated passenger balloons were launched in North Carolina two weeks ago, on February 16, 2011. News story from the Statesville, North Carolina Record &…
Hydrogen Airship Fantasy
Seymourpowell’s “Aircruise” hoax.
The Hindenburg and Hydrogen: Nonsense from Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki
Dr Karl is an Australian TV scientist who believes that “hydrogen was totally innocent” in the Hindenburg disaster and “would not have not contributed to the ensuing fire.” According to Dr. Karl, the lesson of the Hindenburg tragedy is that “the next time you build an airship, don’t paint the inflammable acetate skin with aluminium rocket fuel.” Unfortunately for Dr. Karl, almost all the historical and scientific facts in his are wrong…. [VISIT THE BLOG FOR THE FULL STORY]