The skies are getting crowded, yet in our environmentally troubled minds the extensive pollution that airplanes burden our atmosphere with is always a grave issue. In tune with the concerns of our times, designers are offering fresh and innovative solutions based on a more traditional flying mode of transportation: the airship.
Admired in stellar films such as the Indiana Jones movies, zeppelins are compelling structures that oddly combine size and delicacy. What is more, though, they offer much cleaner means of navigation.
Still, the idea of balloon-aided air travel is being manipulated in a surprising number of novel and creative ways, bestowing the marvel of flight to representatives not only of the animate kingdom but also of the inanimate world. And for creativity, the sky is the limit!
21 Innovative Airships and Flying Inflatables
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Flying Hotels
Luxury Blimp Offers Mile-High 5-Star Accommodations
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21st Century Airships
Luxury Blimps
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Sky Lanterns
Paper Hot Air Balloons, add Fire, let Go
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Oregon Man Flies 200 miles in Lawn Chair Powered by 100 Helium Balloons
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Recreational Space Exploration
Ordinary Dudes Send Balloon Into Space
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Lightsign Airship
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Floating Billboards
12 Hot Air Balloon Ads
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Blubber Bots
Autonomous Blimps Interact and Think
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Road-Free Passenger Vehicles
'Aeolus' Vertically Designed Airship Concept
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Zeppelin Wine Country Tours
Airship Ventures' Innovative Aerial Sightseeing
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Air Balloon Condoms
Mile High Rubber Endorses Safe Sex
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Toy Balloons as Air Travel
Getting High with 150 Party Baloons
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White House Makeovers
Redux Competition Imagines Next-Gen Presidential Eco-Abodes
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Rush Hour Thought Balloons
Renault Inflatables Ad
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Family-Friendly Airborne Festivals
New Mexico's Balloon Fiesta
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Flying with Balloons over Brazil
Priest's Publicity Stunt Loses Air
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Darth Vader Hot Air Balloon
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Pedal-Powered Blimps
Eco English Channel Crossing
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WiFi Balloons
Floating Cell Phone Towers
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Earth Hour 2008
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