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IEEE SpectrumThe Tech Is Finally Good Enough for an Airship Revival

At Moffett Field in Mountain View, Calif., Lighter Than Air (LTA) Research is floating a new approach to a technology that saw its rise and fall a century ago: airships.

Aersospace Testing InternationalAirship firm LTA Research scaling up for first flight

Work to build the largest airship in the world is ramping up in advance of the first flight of its design, which could happen before the end of this year.

Smithsonian MagazineAirships rise again: Zero emissions and a million pounds of lift renew the appeal of these century-old giants

Before us stands the naked, cigar-shaped skeleton of the airship they have dubbed Pathfinder 1, a 400-foot-long vessel that could easily swallow the fuselage of the Boeing 737 that brought me to California.

BBC FutureThe giant hangar poised for an aviation revolution

Airships could offer a much cleaner and quieter alternative for some aspects of the aviation market. In a former airship factory, a new generation are taking shape.

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