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Name↕ | Operator↕ | First Flight↕ | Length (m)↕ | Fate↕ | Claim to Fame↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LZ 129 Hindenburg | DZR (Germany) | 1,936 | 245 | Destroyed by fire, Lakehurst NJ, 1937 | Largest aircraft ever built; Hindenburg disaster ended airship era |
LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin | DZR (Germany) | 1,928 | 236 | Scrapped 1940 | Circumnavigated the globe in 1929 in 21 days |
USS Akron (ZRS-4) | US Navy | 1,931 | 239 | Crashed into Atlantic 1933 | Flying aircraft carrier; could launch and recover biplanes mid-flight |
USS Macon (ZRS-5) | US Navy | 1,933 | 239 | Crashed off California 1935 | Sister ship of Akron; carried Sparrowhawk parasite fighters |
R101 | British Air Ministry | 1,929 | 237 | Crashed in France, 1930 | Disaster killed 48 and ended British airship program |
R100 | Vickers (UK) | 1,929 | 219 | Scrapped 1931 | Designed by Barnes Wallis; flew Britain to Canada and back |
USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) | US Navy | 1,924 | 200 | Decommissioned 1939 | Most successful US Navy rigid airship; built in Germany as war reparations |
LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II | DZR (Germany) | 1,938 | 245 | Scrapped 1940 | Last German rigid airship ever built; used for radar espionage |
USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) | US Navy | 1,923 | 207 | Broke apart in storm, Ohio 1925 | First US-built rigid airship; first to use helium |
Norge | Italy / Norway | 1,923 | 106 | Dismantled 1926 | First aircraft to indisputably fly over the North Pole (1926) |
Italia | Italy | 1,928 | 106 | Crashed on Arctic ice, 1928 | Umberto Nobile's Arctic expedition airship; survivors rescued by ice breakers |
Goodyear Blimp (Wingfoot One) | Goodyear | 2,014 | 75 | In service | Modern semi-rigid Zeppelin NT used for sports broadcasting |
ZPG-3W | US Navy | 1,958 | 121 | Retired 1962 | Largest non-rigid airship (blimp) ever built |
Airlander 10 | Hybrid Air Vehicles (UK) | 2,016 | 92 | Prototype retired 2017 | World's largest aircraft when built; nicknamed 'The Flying Bum' |
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