The aircraft, known as Pathfinder 1, is being touted as the world's largest. It’s 406.5 feet long and 66 feet wide. In comparison, the Goodyear Blimps (a fleet of three zeppelins) are 246 feet long.

It’s back. A large, white “blimp” was spotted flying over San Francisco on Tuesday, the second such sighting in the past ...

Credit: Shutterstock Bay Area residents who recently glanced up over the Golden Gate Bridge were treated to an unexpected visitor: a gleaming, silver airship so large it made the familiar sightseeing ...

Long before the first airplanes took to the skies, humans had already overcome gravity with the help of airships. Starting with crude hot air balloons, the 18th century saw the development of more ...

Pathfinder 1, bankrolled by a Google billionaire, is an attempt to revive the airship. A century after terrifying disasters, is it a safe-enough bet? On 24 October 2024, a brief post was shared on the ...

The world's largest aircraft was unveiled in Silicon Valley yesterday, promising a new era in greener flight. The airship "floated silently" from its "WW2-era hangar" at Nasa’s Moffett Field near San ...

Interest in air transportation that is less energy intensive is renewing research in dirigible aircraft like the Zeppelins that we remember from "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade." LTA (lighter than ...

KRON4's Justine Waldman reports <a ...

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On 24 October 2024, a brief post was shared on the social media network LinkedIn. In it Google co-founder Sergey Brin's airship company LTA Research finally announced Pathfinder 1's first if brief ...