From the middle of the XIX century. controlled aircraft lighter than air, equipped gondola and engines have become one of the most promising fields of engineering. Like many other aviation experiments, the early stage of trial and error was a long and adventurous. The so-called rigid and non-rigid airships filled with gas such as hydrogen or helium for lift rod, designed for military, scientific, transportation purposes. Unfortunately, the impressive "airships" and has not settled down, giving way to a more rapid and agile aircraft and helicopters, the service which, moreover, was much simpler and cheaper.
USA. New York. August 8, 1936. German airship "Hindenburg" floats past the Empire State Building on the way from Germany to Leykhёrst, New Jersey. (AP Photo)
USA. Portland, Oregon. In 1905. Soft airship Thomas Scott Baldwin at the exhibition dedicated to the centennial of the Lewis and Clark expedition. (Library of Congress)
USA. Washington. In 1906. Airship over the White House. (George Buck, Library of Congress)
USA. Hammondsport, New York. In 1907. Thomas Scott Baldwin (second from left) with his team. Baldwin became the first American to come down from the balloon by parachute. (Library of Congress)
France. Muasson, Ile-de-France. In 1907. French military airship takes off towards Paris. (Library of Congress)
August 4, 1908. The airship "Zeppelin" on the water. (Library of Congress)
France. In 1908. Clément-Bayard airship dock. The tail is designed to stabilize the very slowed movement. In later models of the element refused. (Library of Congress)
France. In 1910. Airship Wellman «America», observed from the ship. (Library of Congress)
USA. In 1922. Boats, aircraft and airship. (Library of Congress)
Norway. Ekeberg, Oslo. April 14, 1926. The airship "Norge". (National Library of Norway)
USA. Leykhёrst, New Jersey. April 29, 1929. Passenger airship "Graf Zeppelin" - the largest and most advanced airship in the world at that time. (AP Photo)
Japan. Tokyo. August 19, 1929. "Graf Zeppelin" is reduced for landing at the airport Kasumigaura during the first voyage around the world. (AP Photo)
October 1926. Couple aircraft Gloster Grebe on the sides of the British military airship R33. (Deutsches Bundesarchiv)
UK. Cardington, Bedfordshire, England. In 1920. Landing on the airship. (Library of Congress)
USA. Leykhёrst, New Jersey. In 1926. Airship USS «Los Angeles", balancing on the nose of the strong winds. Airship gradually leveled off, serious injury, none of the crew of 25 people did not get. (AP Photo)
USA. Washington. In 1931. Aircraft Carrier airship "Akron". (AP Photo)
In 1936. Passengers in the dining room of the airship "Hindenburg". (OFF / AFP / Getty Images)
In 1933. View of the inside of an American airship to the installation of gas cells. (National Archives)
Palestine. Jerusalem. April 26, 1931. "Graf Zeppelin" of the Old City. (Library of Congress)
August 1933. Mechanic airship "Graf Zeppelin" in the rear of the engine nacelle. (AP Photo / Alfred Eisenstaedt)
USA. Leykhёrst, New Jersey. May 9, 1936. "Hindenburg" is sent to the boathouse. (AP Photo)
USA. New York. August 8, 1936. German airship "Hindenburg" floats over Manhattan. (AP Photo)
USA. Leykhёrst, New Jersey. May 6, 1937. Burning German airship "Hindenburg". In the crash, which happened when landing after a 60 hour flight from Germany killed 36 people. In this regular passenger service ceased in airships. (AP Photo)
USA. Mountain View, California. Military airship "Macon" in the boathouse. (AP Photo / US Navy)
USA. Mountain View, California. Military airship USS «Macon" in the boathouse. (AP Photo / US Navy)
USA. New Jersey. April 4, 1933. The wreckage of the airship USS «Akron", a victim of the storm. 73 people were killed. (AP Photo)
June 1943. Sunrise over the Atlantic while on patrol. (Library of Congress)
USA. New York. October 9, 1933. Military airship USS «Macon" floats over Manhattan. (AP Photo / US Navy)
USA. Nevada. August 7, 1957. Airship, which was damaged by the blast after nuclear weapons tests. (National Nuclear Security Administration)
Germany. Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria. February 24, 2007. Small airship at the World Cup in Alpine skiing. (Timm Schamberger / AFP / Getty Images)
USA. Ponte Vedra, Florida. May 8, 2010. MetLife airship in the sky. (Richard Heathcote / Getty Images)
USA. New York. September 13, 2009. Lower Manhattan, as seen from the airship DIRECTV. (Mario Tama / Getty Images)
France. Tourette, Cote d'Azur. January 22, 2008. Dog sniffs damaged airship French inventor Jean-Louis Etienne. (AP Photo / Lionel Cironneau)
UK. London. November 9, 2006. Airship advertising a resort in Dubai, sails past the London Eye. (Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images)
USA. New Jersey. August 7, 2012. Airship Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV). (US Army / Jim Kendall)
USA. Tustin, California. January 24, 2013. Prototype of the future ultra airship at the boathouse. (AP Photo / Jae C. Hong) ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************
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