Donate
00 Virtual Museum
- Dr. & Mrs. A. Dale Topping L-T-A Museum Virtual Museum of the Lighter-Tan-Air Society’s Collection
01 Other Museums and Exhibits
- MAPS Air Museum – North Canton, Ohio MAPS Air Museum – Including the Control Car from the Goodyear blimp Spirit of Akron
- Summit Memory View The Lighter Than Air Society’s collection on Summit Memory
03 Associations
- Naval Airship Assn. Home of the Naval Airship Association
- Northeast Ohio Balloon Pilots Association
Author Archives: LighterThanAirSociety
Plans for Ogden police blimp canceled
Source: Standard Examiner By Scott Schwebke OGDEN — The police department’s plan to launch a crime-fighting blimp has crashed. The blimp has been scuttled and was deflated by a number of factors, said Mayor-elect Mike Caldwell.
Posted in Uncategorized
Comments Off on Plans for Ogden police blimp canceled
Google founders offer ‘100 percent’ funding to save Hangar One, NASA considering offer
Source: Silicon Valley Mercury News by Troy Wolverton and Kristen Marschall, Bay Area News Group Hangar One, once home to the Navy’s giant airships at Moffett Field, finally has a few willing benefactors: Google’s top three executives have offered to … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Comments Off on Google founders offer ‘100 percent’ funding to save Hangar One, NASA considering offer
Airships to the Arctic VI Conference
Source: airshipstothearctic.com Game Changers Advances in transportation technology are game changers. The advent of steam railways opened up the centers of the continents to settlement because it became economic to cultivate crops and ship them to distant markets. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Comments Off on Airships to the Arctic VI Conference
Argus One Scheduled for Flight Testing
Source: UPI.com KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., Nov. 18 (UPI) — The mid-altitude Argus One unmanned airship will undergo free-flight testing in December at the U.S. Department of Energy Nevada Test Site.
Posted in Uncategorized
Comments Off on Argus One Scheduled for Flight Testing
Inflation Good News for Airship Aficionados
Source: The Selkirk Journal By Marc Zienkiewicz – November 19, 2011 Inflation is something usually associated with bad news stories about the economy, but for University of Manitoba professor Dr. Barry Prentice and colleagues in St. Andrews and region, it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Comments Off on Inflation Good News for Airship Aficionados