At 246-feet long, it's 50 feet longer than previous blimps, and it carries a 12-passenger gondola. Goodyear already runs a fleet of three GZ-20-class blimps, named Sprit of Goodyear (Ohio based ...

"So it's something people remember." The Hindenburg disaster meant that the glamorous era of commercial passenger travel on ...

"So it's something people remember." The Hindenburg disaster meant that the glamorous era of commercial passenger travel on airships was over. But blimps and other airships continued to hover on ...

The Hindenburg, the R-101, and the Shenandoah put an end to the age of the airship, at least for commercial passenger travel. But you can still fly your own with a helium balloon and some electronics.

"So it's something people remember." The Hindenburg disaster meant that the glamorous era of commercial passenger travel on airships was over. But blimps and other airships continued to hover on ...