https://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/blimps/RSS feed for BlimpsenWed, 12 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-785-foot-airship-crashed-on-this-day-in-1935-the-location-of-the-wreck-site-remained-a-mystery-for-more-than-70-years-180986008/The USS Macon crash brought a quick end to the U.S. Navy’s vision of “flying aircraft carriers” powered by helium gasWed, 12 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-785-foot-airship-crashed-on-this-day-in-1935-the-location-of-the-wreck-site-remained-a-mystery-for-more-than-70-years-180986008/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-brief-history-of-the-goodyear-blimp-which-celebrates-its-100th-anniversary-this-year-180985772/The tire company's iconic "lighter-than-air" craft debuted in 1925 and began providing aerial coverage of events across the country in 1955Mon, 06 Jan 2025 21:45:44 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-brief-history-of-the-goodyear-blimp-which-celebrates-its-100th-anniversary-this-year-180985772/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-80-year-mystery-of-the-us-navys-ghost-blimp-180980531/The L-8 returned from patrolling the California coast for Japanese subs in August 1942, but its two-man crew was nowhere to be foundTue, 16 Aug 2022 11:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-80-year-mystery-of-the-us-navys-ghost-blimp-180980531/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/air-space-museum/2020/07/13/k-ships-vs-u-boats/The destruction to convoys caused by marauding U-boats diminished dramatically once K-ships started keeping a constant vigilTue, 14 Jul 2020 17:02:28 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/air-space-museum/2020/07/13/k-ships-vs-u-boats/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/worlds-largest-aircraft-might-lose-its-title-blimp-180956677/This despite having a wingspan almost as long as a football fieldFri, 18 Sep 2015 15:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/worlds-largest-aircraft-might-lose-its-title-blimp-180956677/