Progress for Airships?

Filed under:Airships — posted by Nic "RedWord" Smith on July 6, 02008 @ 12:52 AM

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.

-A new era for zeppelins? – International Herald Tribune



image: detail of installation by Bronwyn Lace