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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
Airlander Aims High with Luxury Tourism Variant
Source: Hybrid Air Vehicles – hybridairvehicles.com The Airlander Team have made two significant deals this week to make a tourism version of their unique low carbon aircraft a reality.
Posted in Airships, Hybrid Airships
Tagged Airlander, airship, airship tourism, Design Q, Henry Cookson Adventures, Hybrid Air Vehicles Ltd., hybrid airship, Innovate UK
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Weather Too Poor for Weather Blimps to Measure Poor Weather
Source: KUAM News – kuam.com By Isa Baza Poor weather may be putting a damper on plans of French scientists to release miniature blimps into a developing tropical cyclone near Guam. The scientists are here in the hopes of collecting … Continue reading
Posted in Aerostats, Airships, Blimps
Tagged aerostat, airship, blimp, tropical cyclone research, University of Guam, unmanned airship
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How a Navy Dirigible Became the World’s Deadliest Airship
Source: History – history.com By Erin Blakemore It happened in moments—a gust of whipping wind. Suddenly, the USS Akron, a dirigible performing exercises off the coast of New Jersey, felt more like a flimsy toy than one of the most … Continue reading
Posted in Airships, Dirigible, Historical, Rigid airship
Tagged airship, Akron, dirigible, Rear Admiral Moffett, USS Akron
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Google’s internet balloons now bringing service to remote areas of Puerto Rico
Source: New York Daily News – nydailynews.com Google’s parent Alphabet Inc. said Friday that its stratospheric balloons are now delivering the internet to remote areas of Puerto Rico where cellphone towers were knocked out by Hurricane Maria.