5+ hour, 50+ min ago  (176+ words) The Hindenburg disaster recently marked its 89th anniversary, and [The History Guy] marked the event with a video that dispels many of the myths surrounding the airship. Example: the disaster did not actually occur on the airship's maiden voyage. That isn't…...

6+ hour, 8+ min ago  (32+ words) The Hindenburg disaster recently marked its 89th anniversary, and [The History Guy] marked the event with a video that dispels many of the myths surrounding the airship. Example: the disaster did not. .....

4+ week, 6+ hour ago  (801+ words) Over two decades after it was last deflated, detached from its gondola, and crated up at Lakehurst, the gas bag of an N-class ZPG-2 W blimp was broken out and dusted off for what might have been the most bizarre…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago  (296+ words) We are spoiled and enjoy several different GPS systems that can pinpoint our position quickly and easily, but that's a modern invention. In the old days, everything came down to a geodetic reference point, usually an iron rod or some…...

8+ mon, 23+ hour ago  (274+ words) There have been plenty of books and movies about how the Manhattan Project brought together scientists and engineers to create the nuclear bomb. Most of them don't have a lot of technical substance, though. You know " military finds genius, genius…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (567+ words) It was hoped that a last-minute investor might appear, allowing the Conservancy to move the ship to a new home. But unfortunately, the only offer that came in wasn't quite what fans of the vessel had in mind: Florida's Okaloosa…...

9+ mon, 16+ hour ago  (238+ words) The 2025 One Hertz Challenge is really heating up with all kinds of projects that do something once every second. [The Baiko] has given us a rather abstract entry that looks like a plane'if you squint at it under the right…...