Militaries all around the world are always trying to revolutionize the vessels at their disposal. Some have heard about the Japanese I-400 submarine aircraft carrier or America's ingenious submarine ...

Article Summary - In the interwar years, the U.S. Navy tried a radical idea: turn giant rigid airships into “flying aircraft carriers.” -USS Akron and USS Macon carried Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk ...

Perhaps the only weapon more formidable than an aircraft carrier for a modern military is a flying aircraft carrier. Almost one century ago, the U.S. Navy explored the concept of airships through the ...

Summary: Nearly a century ago, the U.S. Navy explored the concept of flying aircraft carriers, resulting in the Akron-class airships, the only ones ever put into service. These airships, designed for ...

“Had the real operational story been known — the handicaps imposed by weather, the fact that scouting missions were flown on no more than one day in four, the uncertainty of navigation — it may be ...

Brett Crozier is the CEO of LTA Research, leads the team building the next generation of airships. Akron was once the “Airship Capital of the World,” home to the legendary USS Akron and Macon naval ...

LAKEHURST, N.J. (AP) – History buffs will gather this week near the New Jersey coast to commemorate a major airship disaster. No, not that one. Newsreel footage and radio announcer Herbert Morrison’s ...