Amid talk of sustainable aviation fuel and electric flights, there's another form of air travel currently being mooted as a green alternative to flying: the airship. Technically, the airship is ...

Da Vinci made one of the earliest drawings of a rotor-driven aircraft and Sikorsky built the U.S.’ first commercially viable helicopter. Even though Orville and Wilbur Wright get credit for ...

The Maryland grad student benefited from materials da Vinci couldn't get. State-of-the-art Renaissance era construction materials, such as wood and leather, are too dense for aircraft. Da Vinci ...

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 ...