History buffs will gather this week near the New Jersey coast to commemorate a major airship disaster. No, not that one. Newsreel footage and radio announcer Herbert Morrison’s plaintive cry, “Oh, the ...

Explore the extraordinary true story of Umberto Nobile, his dog Titina, and their survival after a deadly airship crash in ...

The USS Shenandoah, a Navy rigid airship, was honored on its 100th anniversary with a ceremony at the Shenandoah Monument in Ava, Ohio. The event commemorated the tragic crash on September 3, 1925, ...

“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 ...

That fireball was LZ37. Nobody wanted to see repeats post-war. Image: “The great exploit of lieutenant Warnefort 1916 England” by Gordon Crosby, public domain. After all the crashing and burning of ...