Theresa Rayner has lived in Noble County her whole life. She said not much happens in the rural unincorporated community of Ava. But, one morning, a century ago, it felt like the center of the ...

Submarines mauled shipping and threatened the survival of many nations in the second world war. One way to fight back was with anti-submarine warfare aircraft. Attacking a submarine from the air was a ...

Strategic bombers surprisingly became part of warfare in the midst of World War I, with one of the first of its kind being one of the most massive, even by World War II standards. The Zeppelin-Staaken ...

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The project aims to make readers experience the 1929 adventure through the testimony of one of its passengers and images of the golden age of zeppelins. On 15 August 1929, the Spanish doctor Jerónimo ...

In an age when sustainability is often sold with more sizzle than substance, one legacy aerospace technology is quietly floating back into relevance, if it can prove itself in the harsh arena of free ...

Radio broadcaster Herbert Morrison’s “oh, the humanity!” exclamation amid the 1937 Hindenburg disaster sounded in my mind recently as I gazed at an exhibit near the German ground where the airship’s ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. After completing the first ever transatlantic airship flight in ...

John Mellberg spent 17 years meticulously scratch-building a 1:36 scale model of the LZ-130 Graf Zeppelin II, completing it in 1989. The impressive 8.5-pound model, designed for helium lift, required ...

The airship Graf Zeppelin is shown at Mines Field (now Los Angeles International Airport) on Aug. 26, 1929. Two days later, the Graf flew over Iowa on its way to Chicago before finishing its ...