Progress for Airships?
It has been more than 70 years since the giant Hindenburg zeppelin exploded in a spectacular fireball over Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 36 crew members and passengers, abruptly ending an earlier age of airships. But because of new materials and sophisticated means of propulsion, a diverse cast of entrepreneurs is taking another look at the behemoths of the air.
July 12th, 2008 at 4:17 PM
Linked and discussed and my blog. I saw it initially at the NYT, but they are under the same umbrella as the IHT.
http://skydock.blogspot.com/2008/07/new-age-of-zeppelins.html