Tag: airship

ON THIS DAY: Hindenburg disaster shocks world (1937)

On this Day May 6, 2026 at 16:45

Airship explodes in flames On this day in 1937, the Hindenburg disaster stunned the world when the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg burst into...

ON THIS DAY: first transatlantic flight by Zeppelin (1928)

On this Day October 15, 2025 at 20:18

On this day in 1928, the Graf Zeppelin completed its first transatlantic flight, landing in Lakehurst, New Jersey after leaving Friedrichshafen, Germany, and stopping...

French firms to boost capacity to spy from the stratosphere

International October 7, 2025 at 18:30

French companies are fine-tuning plans for stratospheric spy balloons and airships as competition heats up in the no man's land between the atmosphere and...