Imagine the outstanding potential of an aircraft whose payload capacity increases faster than its size. Luckily, this isn’t just wishful thinking, but the real-world promise of what is likely the most ...

History was made this week when the Airlander 10, the world’s largest aircraft, took flight for the first time. The 302-feet-long, helium-filled air vessel -- that has somewhat snarkily been nicknamed ...

Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV), the UK-based aviation technology company that has developed the Airlander concept, has recently completed a comprehensive, two-year-long research program with the US ...

The world's largest aircraft, the Airlander, took its maiden flight at Cardington airfield north of London on Wednesday. Airlander is part blimp, part helicopter and part airplane. The aircraft was ...

Spanish airline group Air Nostrum has doubled its commitment for Hybrid Air Vehicles’ (HAV) Airlander 10 to 20 aircraft, delivering a boost to the UK developer ahead of its planned production start ...

LONDON - A blimp-shaped airship billed as the world's largest aircraft flew for the first time Wednesday with a short but historic jaunt over an airfield in central England. Engines roaring, the ...

The British company behind the Airlander 10 aircraft retired the prototype at the start of this year as it looked toward building a production model of what was the world’s longest flying machine. Now ...

For the first time since it crashed on its second test flight in August last year, the world's largest aircraft has taken to the air again. Hybrid Air Vehicles put its Airlander 10 (and a new, ...

The world’s largest aircraft is no more, at least temporarily. For years, the largest operational aircraft has been the Hybrid Air Vehicles’ (HAV) Airlander 10, a giant blimp-like contraption that can ...