Aviation evolved rapidly during WW1, with modern and more effective aircraft replacing the basic machines that took to the skies in 1914. Dr Peter Gray explores how the aeroplane turned into a ...

WW1: Zeppelin airship attack on London Close It is 100 years since the first air raid on London. During World War One a house in Stoke Newington was hit by a bomb from a German Zeppelin airship.

With German Zeppelins dominating the skies, Britain launched the unthinkable—WW1’s first aircraft carrier strike. Armed with Sopwith Camels and no way to land, this was a one-way mission into ...

Airplane vs. Zeppelin in 1917 With one raid, the Allies demonstrated the airplane’s superiority over the airship.

Long before the B-29 ruled the skies, Germany built a wooden giant—the Zeppelin-Staaken R.6. With an enclosed cockpit and a wingspan rivaling WWII bombers, it was WW1’s most ambitious aircraft ...

The airship’s chance came again in 1854 when British warships blockaded the imperial capital St. Petersburg from the sea, preventing the weak Russian fleet from breaking out.

Two brothers have built a replica of the WW1 aircraft flown by their grandfather after finding parts of the original in his shed. David Bremner, from Ludlow, Shropshire, and his brother Rick, from ...

HAV’s airship is 300 feet long and can carry 11 tons of cargo or about 100 passengers. Flying Whales plans to build a 600-foot airship that can carry 60 tons. The engineers have understandably ...

In “His Majesty’s Airship,” S.C. Gwynne tells of the doomed dirigible R101, and the man behind a disaster. By John Lancaster When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site ...

Aviation evolved rapidly during WW1, with modern and more effective aircraft replacing the basic machines that took to the skies in 1914. Dr Peter Gray explores how the aeroplane turned into a ...