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What are airships filled with? We explore which gas is used: hydrogen or helium, what was used in the past, why helium is safer, and whether air can be used

What is a rigid airship? How is the metal framework arranged, how does it differ from non‑rigid models, and how do giants like the Zeppelins fly?

Learn who created the Zeppelin airship, how it is constructed, what distinguishes it from other airships, and why its crashes became turning points for aviation

How does an airship differ from a balloon? We explain clearly: flight principles, control, design, and even some curious myths

The passenger airship Hindenburg: how the largest airship of the 20th century was designed, why the 1937 disaster occurred and how it changed aviation

Records for length, speed and capacity: which airships were the biggest, fastest and most famous in the world? Details, photos, the list of giants

How the Soviet Union built airships: from the first flights to the crash of the V-6. The V-1, V-5, V-6 airships and their role in the history of the USSR

Find out who invented the first airship, when it appeared, what it looked like, and what gas it used. The story of its creation, the first flights, and the airship era

Why airships were launched in wartime; how military airships were used in World War I, World War II, and the Great Patriotic War. A history of their use and notable models

When and why airships were banned: the main reasons for their disappearance, disasters, alleged bans, and the future of the technology. Everything about the end of the era of aerial giants

We explain how an airship is built, what keeps it aloft, how it is controlled, what components it has inside, and how it climbs. All in plain language

Aeronova, Solargroup and new generation airships — what is it: fraud or a startup with a future? Analysis of accusations, answers to criticism, facts, documents and reports.