The poster advertises the tour's first two dates, at Tokyo's Budokan Hall on Sept. 23 and 24. Led Zeppelin played three other shows in Japan: Hiroshima on Sept. 27 and Osaka on Sept. 28 and 29.

The modern Zeppelin NT, such as the one currently carrying the Farmers Insurance logo, is a semi-rigid airship rather than a blimp. Source: Airships.net Share this: ...

Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin was an engineer whose self-named company made the first successful rigid airship. The path from his inspiration during a balloon trip in Minnesota ...

Becoming Led Zeppelin climbs the stairway to IMAX theaters exclusively on February 7. Before that, fans can pick up the new art print at the IMAX store through the link below.

Goodyear Zeppelin pilot Michael "Doc" Dougherty steers the airship above Oshkosh's annual aviation festival on Thursday. THOM PATTERSON/CNN When it comes to lighter-than-air ships, this ain’t my ...

According to Airships.com: A dirigible is any lighter-than-air craft that is both powered and steerable (as opposed to free floating, like a balloon). Blimps like the Goodyear blimp, rigid ...

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, March 29.-The Zeppelin airship made a successful flight to-day to a height of 6,000 feet. The greatest altitude yet reached. The landing also was successful.

Where there had been nearly universal acclaim and support for the Graf Zeppelin from Chicago in 1929, the airship was met with threats, boycotts, and almost no civic support in 1933.

The first Zeppelin airship built for them could carry 5,000 kg (11,000 lb) and accommodate 24 passengers. It traveled at a speed of 51 km/h (32 mph). By the time World War I started, ...