Once the pride of Germany’s Zeppelin fleet, the Hindenburg was the largest airship ever built and a symbol of luxury in the skies. But on May 6, 1937, its fiery destruction in New Jersey ended the age ...

Frederick Michael Rope was an engineer by trade [Airship Heritage Trust] Frederick Michael Rope was born in Shrewsbury in 1888, attending the town's school and later becoming an accomplished engineer.

On Sept. 3, 1925, the airship Shenandoah ZR-1 — translated to “daughter of the stars” — crashed in three sections over Noble County, Ohio. Designated by the U.S. Navy as an aircraft for use in long ...

Google Sergey Brin funded LTA (Lighter then Air Ships) and they completed a 400 foot (124 meter) long Pathfinder 1. Pathfinder 1 is a subscale prototype of the airship LTA Pathfinder 3, currently ...

“Had the real operational story been known — the handicaps imposed by weather, the fact that scouting missions were flown on no more than one day in four, the uncertainty of navigation — it may be ...

A massive airship was spotted Tuesday morning over San Francisco. The airship known as Pathfinder 1 is operated by LTA ...

Frederick Michael Rope was born in Shrewsbury in 1888, attending the town's school and later becoming an accomplished engineer. During World War One, he joined the Royal Naval Air Service and ...