Flying Whales Announces Major Milestones Met on New Airship Design
A France-based company is on track for a highly anticipated first flight of its “flying crane” airship–pushing to become the world’s first lighter-than-air craft capable…
Tillamook Air Museum Launches Fundraiser After Storm Tears Open Hangar B Roof
Fundraising is underway to help save one of America’s most iconic aviation landmarks after a powerful winter storm ripped open the roof of Hangar B…
AIRSHIP Act Aims to Elevate NASA Research
Update, March 5, 2026: The AIRSHIP Act has continued to move on Capitol Hill since this article was first published. On February 4, the House…
Flying Whales Charts Hydrogen Path for LCA60T as France’s Defense Procurement Agency Backs the Program
One of the most ambitious cargo airship programs in development has a clearer propulsion roadmap. France’s Flying Whales says its 60-metric-ton LCA60T is planned to…
Pathfinder 1 Spreads Its Wings: LTA’s Giant Airship Cruises the Golden Gate
LTA Research’s Pathfinder 1 has moved into a noticeably more public phase of its flight test program. Following the renewal of the prototype airship’s Special…
The Airlander 10 Seeks a Hydrogen Future: HAV and ZeroAvia Sign Zero-Emission Deal
UPDATE (April 3, 2026): In the months since the MOU was signed, ZeroAvia has continued advancing the ZA600 through regulatory milestones. The UK Civil Aviation…
Hybrid Air Vehicles lands its first military reservation as undisclosed contractor takes three
After more than a decade of being pitched primarily at airlines, polar tourism, and the green-aviation crowd, the Airlander 10 has its first defense-market reservation…
One Hundred Years of Goodyear: How an American Icon Is Marking Its Centennial
A century ago, on June 3, 1925, a small helium airship named Pilgrim lifted off in the Akron area. It was the first commercial non-rigid…
Goodyear Gives a Lift to Snoopy and a Squad of Future Service Dog Puppies
The Goodyear Blimp has hauled a lot of unusual cargo over the past century, but on October 1, 2025, it added a new entry to…
China’s First Domestic Manned Airship, The AS700, Logs a Plateau Flight in Guizhou
On Sept. 29, 2025, the airship’s developer, AVIC’s Special Vehicle Research Institute, announced that the AS700 had completed its first low-altitude plateau flight in the…
Aeros’ Ambitious Plans for a Flying Warehouse Begin with Modest Blimp Trials
Worldwide Aeros Corporation, a Southern California airship company founded by Igor Pasternak, wants to do something futuristic enough that it sounds unlikely until you look…
A Century On, the USS Shenandoah’s Crew Is Remembered in Ohio
One hundred years after the USS Shenandoah broke apart in a predawn squall over the hills of Noble County, the ship’s crew was honored at…
Massimiliano “Max” Pinucci Receives AIAA Lifetime Achievement Award for Transformative Work in Airship Design and Aviation Culture
Max Pinucci, a friend to AirshipAdvocate.com as well as fellow member, group expert and a moderator of the Airship Advocates group on Facebook, has received…
Hybrid Air Vehicles Plans Bigger Airlanders, Expands in the U.S.
UK-based Hybrid Air Vehicles is moving on two fronts at once. The company behind the Airlander 10, the roughly 320-foot (98 m) hybrid aircraft the…
H2Use Successfully Demonstrates First-Ever Biconvex Hydrogen Airship
Redcliffe, Queensland — May 25, 2025 In a landmark moment for the future of sustainable aviation, the H2Use team launched and flew the world’s first…