Why the Airships Died: Failure Explained

Hydrogen, helium politics, weather, cost and PR — the engineering and economics that lost the sky race to the aeroplane, explained by physicists, economists and historians.

Playlist by @age_of_airships

11 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. What Happened To Airships? | Answers With Joe — Joe Scott
2. Where have all the airships gone? | James May's Q&A (Ep 8) | Head Squeeze — BBC Earth Science
3. How the Hindenburg killed an entire industry — Vox
4. Airships: The Lost Method of Transport — BritMonkey
5. Why don't we fill an Airship with a Vacuum? — Soliloquy
6. La fabuleuse histoire des Zeppelin — Documentaire Aviation
7. Why Blimps Are Better Than Airplanes — Seeker
8. What if the Hindenburg Disaster Never Happened? — AlternateHistoryHub
9. The Rise and Fall of Zeppelin's Airship — Stuff of Genius - HowStuffWorks
10. Lighter than Air? The History of Airships (Part 2) — realmilitaryflix
11. Zeppelin Or Blimp? Pilot Explains Difference — KCRA 3