Airship

30 vehicles · all eras and manufacturers

Pioneer Age (pre-1919) (11)

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Alberto Santos-Dumont Santos-Dumont No. 6

Alberto Santos-Dumont · Powered Non-Rigid Airship (Pioneer) / Prize-Winning Navigational Demonstration · Brazil / France · 1901

Charles Renard La France

Charles Renard · Powered Military Airship (Pioneer) / First Fully Controllable Airship Flight · France · 1884

Photo: user:World Imaging · Public domain

Deutschland

Friedrich Wölfert · Germany

Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain

Henri Giffard Steam Airship

Henri Giffard · Powered Non-Rigid Airship (Pioneer) / First Powered Airship Flight Demonstration · France · 1852

Photo: No · Public domain

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HMA R34

William Beardmore and Company · Trans-Atlantic Rigid Airship / Trans-Atlantic Experimental Flight · UK · 1919

Ludwig Dürr Zeppelin LZ 4

Ludwig Dürr · Germany · 1908

Photo: Quistnix · Public domain

LZ 2

Germany

Photo: Huhu Uet · Public domain

Parseval-Sigsfeld kite balloon

August Riedinger Balloon Plant · Germany · 1898

Photo: Kesäperuna · CC BY-SA 3.0

PL25

Luft-Fahrzeug-Gesellschaft · Germany · 1915

Photo: Hadhuey · Public domain

Zeppelin LZ 38 / P-Class

Zeppelin · Strategic Bombing Rigid Airship / Strategic Bombing (London / UK targets) · Germany · 1915

Photo: The Seattle star., June 01, 1915 East Oregonian : E.O., June 1, 1915 The Detroit times. June 01, 1915 The Hattiesburg news., June 1, 1915 · Public domain

Zeppelin LZ 4

Zeppelin · Rigid Airship (Pioneer / Experimental) / Endurance Demonstration / Public Spectacle · Germany · 1908

Photo: Quistnix · Public domain

Interwar (1919–1938) (11)

Airship Italia (N-2)

Stabilimento di Costruzioni Aeronautiche (SCA) · Polar Exploration Airship / Polar Exploration / North Pole Overfly · Italy · 1928

Photo: Georg Pahl · CC BY-SA 3.0 de

Airship Norge (N-1)

Stabilimento di Costruzioni Aeronautiche (SCA) · Polar Exploration Airship / Polar Exploration / Transpolar Transit · Italy / Norway · 1926

Photo: Bain News Service · Public domain

Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation USS Akron (ZRS-4)

Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation · Flying Aircraft Carrier (Rigid Airship) / Airborne Aircraft Carrier / Naval Scouting · USA · 1931

Photo: USN · Public domain

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Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation USS Macon (ZRS-5)

Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation · Flying Aircraft Carrier (Rigid Airship) / Airborne Aircraft Carrier / Naval Scouting · USA · 1933

HMA R100

Vickers (Airship Guarantee Company) · Trans-Atlantic Passenger Rigid Airship / Empire Route Passenger Transport · UK · 1929

Photo: Theodor Horydczak · Public domain

HMA R101

Royal Airship Works, Cardington · Trans-Atlantic Passenger Rigid Airship / Empire Route Passenger Transport (India) · UK · 1929

Photo: U.K. Government · Public domain

Naval Aircraft Factory USS Shenandoah (ZR-1)

Naval Aircraft Factory · Military Rigid Airship / Naval Scouting / Prestige / Experimental · USA · 1923

Photo: from Fred Wallace Special Collection · Public domain

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Zeppelin LZ 126 Los Angeles (ZR-3)

Zeppelin · Military / Training Rigid Airship / Training / Experimental / Mooring Mast Development · Germany / USA · 1924

Zeppelin LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin

Zeppelin · Passenger / Cargo Airship / Long-Range Passenger and Mail Transport · Germany · 1928

Photo: Grombo · CC BY-SA 3.0

Zeppelin LZ 129 Hindenburg

Zeppelin · Passenger Airship / Transatlantic Passenger Transport · Germany · 1936

Photo: Sam Shere · Public domain

Zeppelin LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II

Zeppelin · Passenger / Intelligence-Gathering Rigid Airship / Passenger Transport / ELINT Missions over UK · Germany · 1938

Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author · No restrictions

WWII (1939–1945) (2)

Goodyear US Navy K-Class Blimp

Goodyear · Anti-Submarine Patrol Airship / Anti-Submarine Warfare / Convoy Escort · USA · 1938

Photo: USN · Public domain

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Various (Airship Service) British SS-Class Blimp

Various (Airship Service) · Coastal Patrol Non-Rigid Airship / Coastal Anti-Submarine Patrol / Convoy Escort · UK · 1915

Cold War (1970–1991) (2)

Goodyear GZ-20 Blimp

Goodyear Aerospace · Advertising / Broadcast Airship / Aerial Advertising / Sports Broadcast Camera Platform · USA · 1969

Photo: Levdr1lp · CC BY-SA 4.0

TCOM 71M Aerostat

TCOM LP / L3Harris · Tethered Aerostat Radar / Surveillance System / Drug Interdiction / Border Surveillance / Counter-UAS · USA · 1985

Photo: U.S. Customs and Border Protection · Public domain

Modern (1992–2009) (1)

Zeppelin NT (LZ N07)

Zeppelin · Modern Semi-Rigid Advertising / Research Airship / Aerial Advertising / Research / Surveillance Platform · Germany · 1997

Photo: AngMoKio · CC BY-SA 3.0

Digital Age (2010–present) (3)

Hybrid Air Vehicles Airlander 10

HAV · Hybrid Airship / Long-Endurance Platform / Surveillance / Cargo / Passenger (planned) · UK · 2026

Photo: Alan Wilson from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0

Lockheed Martin JLENS

Raytheon · Tethered Aerostat Radar System / Over-the-Horizon Air and Cruise Missile Defence Radar · USA · 2014

Photo: John Hamilton · Public domain

Lockheed Martin LMH-1

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works · Hybrid Heavy-Lift Cargo Airship / Remote Area Heavy Cargo Delivery (no runway required) · USA · 2030

Photo: AMIRAAZAMI6 · CC BY-SA 4.0