This document provides a brief history of airship technology and discusses current and future innovative transportation solutions using airships. It outlines key developments in airships from the 18th century to present day. Current concepts discussed include using airships for heavy lifting of cargo, with features like fuel cells, electric power, hydrogen filling, and vertical take-off and landing capabilities. Future developments aim to advance airship technology for applications such as pilot training and unmanned aerial vehicles.
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2. A Brief History
1783
1870
1926
1929
1783 Prof. Charles & Robert
1785 Blanchard & Jeffries
English Channel Flight
Paris airlift
Norge First flight across the North Pole
Graf Zeppelin Circumnavigation
of the world
1670 Francisco de Lana
1784
Jean Baptiste Meusnier
1854 Henri Giffard
Montgolfier brothers
1930 R100 – Flight to Canada
1919
R.34 Crosses Atlantic
both ways
1901 Santos Dumont – first
dirigible airship
2003
1935
DZR Regular air passenger
service across the Atlantic
1961 USN 113,740 ft
1979 SkyShip 500
2000
Zeppelin NT
2006
21st Century Airships altitude
record - 6,234-metres
LM P-791 flight