The wreck of the USS Shenandoah is ingrained in the identity of Noble County, where residents still preserve remnants of the ...

Frederick Michael Rope was an engineer by trade [Airship Heritage Trust] Frederick Michael Rope was born in Shrewsbury in 1888, attending the town's school and later becoming an accomplished engineer.

Frederick Michael Rope was born in Shrewsbury in 1888, attending the town's school and later becoming an accomplished engineer. During World War One, he joined the Royal Naval Air Service and ...

On Sept. 3, 1925, the airship Shenandoah ZR-1 — translated to “daughter of the stars” — crashed in three sections over Noble County, Ohio. Designated by the U.S. Navy as an aircraft for use in long ...

“Had the real operational story been known — the handicaps imposed by weather, the fact that scouting missions were flown on no more than one day in four, the uncertainty of navigation — it may be ...

Google Sergey Brin funded LTA (Lighter then Air Ships) and they completed a 400 foot (124 meter) long Pathfinder 1. Pathfinder 1 is a subscale prototype of the airship LTA Pathfinder 3, currently ...

A once-in-a-lifetime ride on the Goodyear Blimp is up for auction to support an Ohio nonprofit. The airship, which took its first flight 100 years ago, has been a regular at major sporting events ...