The USS Macon crash brought a quick end to the U.S. Navy’s vision of “flying aircraft carriers” powered by helium gas ...

Although access to foreign aircraft carriers was limited ... Simply getting Graf Zeppelin’s air group into shape would have taken more time than the Reich had to lose. Still, Graf Zeppelin ...

Before the modern jumbo jet and its first class suites, the biggest and grandest thing in luxury air travel was the German Zeppelin Airship. Of all the massive Zeppelin's constructed, the most ...

represented the pinnacle of rigid airship design and were the U.S. Navy’s only flying aircraft carriers. Built by Goodyear-Zeppelin... What You Need to Know: Nearly a century ago, the U.S. Navy ...