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Source: Illawarra Mercury BY ANGELA THOMPSON – 19 Nov, 2011 Hero applauded: Lyndy Nerandzic has brought home a gallantry medal for husband Michael (left), killed while piloting a Goodyear blimp in Germany earlier this year.

Source: theengineer.co.uk 14 November 2011 | By Andrew Czyzewski UK engineers are at the heart of plans to develop a ’cruiser’ airship that could radically change the way goods and people are transported around the world. It’s official: airships are … Continue reading →

Source: Goodyear November 14, 2011 SUFFIELD, Ohio, November 14, 2011 – The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is making another significant gift to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Tuesday – the second in two years – with the … Continue reading →

  Source: AINonline By Chris Pocock – November 12, 2011 Unglamorous though they are, aerostats are carving a substantial niche in the airborne surveillance business.

Source: Congressional Budget Office Website During the past decade’s operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, the U.S. military has come to rely heavily on the continuous or nearly continuous presence overhead of both manned and unmanned aircraft to support ground troops. … Continue reading →