Category: Aircraft

  • Airlander Airship v Goodyear Airship

    Airlander Airship v Goodyear Airship

    Airlander Airship or Goodyear Airship? The Airlander airship gets competition from another airship making its move, the Goodyear Dirigible airship making its move. It’s 246 feet long, 50 feet longer than previous models, and is dirigible (it has a frame and is not just a balloon). See my other Airlander post Airship Airlander – Made in England.…

  • Airship Airlander – Made in England

    Airship Airlander – Made in England

    Introduction This airship Airlander, the longest aircraft in the world at roughly 91m (300ft), from the US military airship Airlander project, has been brought to Cardington, Bedfordshire, England (home of the R101) for further development by a British company who built it in the first place. In fact the development is taking place in the same…