Dirigibles: Bobbing Along Toward a Comeback

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http://now.howstuffworks.com/2015/10/20/dirigibles-making-comeback?utm_campaign=sf&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social

A class of aircraft is rising from the near-dead. The Aeroscraft ML866, which entered production in early September, is poised to be the world's largest aircraft — and it's a dirigible.

If the term is unfamiliar, it's probably because many people incorrectly refer to all dirigibles as blimps. It also could be because dirigibles all but disappeared after 1937, when the Hindenburg caught fire and crashed in New Jersey, killing 36 peopl