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 plaintive cry, “Oh, the ...

A blimp caught fire and crashed near the U.S. Open at Erin Hills on Thursday, injuring the only person on board, the pilot. Multiple videos shared to Twitter show the blimp falling out of the sky.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: It was almost noon on August 6, 1942, when Ethel Appleton of Daly City, a suburb on the edge of San Francisco ...

On August 16, 1942, US Navy blimp L-8 lifted off from Treasure Island on an anti-submarine patrol after reports of Japanese activity off the California coast. The crew radioed once, reporting an oil ...