1994 Event Oil tank/airship crash at Bosporus (huge fire/15+ killed) 1984 Event French airship capsizes 1972 Event 1st airship flown over Britain in 20 years (Europa) 1962 Event Maria Oeljanov, 1st airship with nuclear missiles, arrives in Cuba 1943 Event Airship Canadian Star torpedoed and sinks 1940 Event German U-47 sinks airship Balmoral 1938 Event Graf Zeppelin II, world's largest airship, makes maiden flight 1936 Event Harry Froboess dives 110 m from airship into Bodensee and survives 1936 Event 1st flight of airship Hindenburg, Germany 1935 Event Great airship, USS Macon, crashes into Pacific Ocean 1932 Event U.S. airship Columbia crashes during storm in Flushing, New York 1930 Event British airship crashes in storm at Beauvais France, 48 die 1930 Event Airship R100, 1st passenger-carrying flight from England to Canada 1929 Event German airship Graf Zeppelin ends a round-the-world flight 1929 Event 1st airship flight around Earth flying eastward completed 1929 Event German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight 1928 Event Graf Zeppelin sets airship distance record of 6384 km 1928 Event Umberto Nobile flies airship over North Pole again 1926 Event Airship Norge is 1st vessel to fly over North Pole 1926 Event Umberto Nobile flies airship over North Pole 1926 Event Airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for 1st air crossing of Arctic Ocean 1925 Event Goodyear airship "Pilgrim" makes 1st flight (1st with enclosed cabin) 1922 Event Airship Rome explodes at Hampton Roads Virginia; 34 die 1921 Event British airship R-38 crashes in Humber, 44 die 1919 Event British R-34 lands in New York, 1st airship to cross Atlantic (108 hours) 1916 Event French airship sinks British submarine D3 1910 Event 1st airship in service "Germany" 1901 Event Santos-Dumont proves airship maneuverable by circling Eiffel Tower 1900 Event Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin 1st airship LZ-1, flies 1850 Event Airship Elizabeth leaves in storm for Fire Island, crashes (42 die)
