Are Zeppelins or 'airships' practical?

Hindenburg burned due to the coating on the fabric it was made from not the hydrogen. Hydrogen generates more lift and is less costly and more plentiful than helium and can be used as a lightweight fuel. Mythbusters Hindenburg Episode. Lockheed Martin has formed a division to bring lightweight aircraft back! read more

Hindenburg burned due to the coating on the fabric it was made from not the hydrogen. Hydrogen generates more lift and is less costly and more plentiful than helium and can be used as a lightweight fuel. read more

The record-breaking Switzerland flight of LZ-4 brought national attention to the success of Count Zeppelin and his machine, and the public began to look on the airship as a practical innovation. read more

There are classical airships like the Hindenburg and it's little brothers that came before it; and there are the "new" so-called "hybrid airships". Both types aren't much faster than trucks or trains; and both are dreadfully slow compared to the usual way of getting it there by air, traveling at roughly a fifth the speed of a cargo jet. read more