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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
Bristol Balloonist Flies His Way into the Record Books
Source: Bristol Post – bristolpost.co.uk By EmmaGrimshaw These picturesque photos show the moment a Bristol man set the world record for flying over all of America’s mainland states in a hot air balloon in just 33 days. It took Andrew … Continue reading
Posted in Balloons, Hot Air Balloons
Tagged Andrew Holly, Guinness World Records®, Hot air balloons
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Goodyear’s newest airship holds first flight
Source: Akron Beacon Journal – ohio.com By Jim Mackinnon After months of blimp-free skies, there’s a new Goodyear airship flying over the Akron area.
Posted in Airships, Blimps
Tagged airship, blimp, Blimp NT, goodyear, Maiden flight, Wingfoot Lake
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Lockheed Martin Offers a Peek at Its Blimp-like Hybrid Airship
Source: Los Angeles Tines –latimes.com By Samantha Masunaga The secretive Skunk Works in Palmdale has over the years spawned such sleek aircraft as the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane and the F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter. Today, one of the facility’s hangars … Continue reading
Posted in Airships, Hybrid Airships
Tagged airship, hybrid airship, Hybrid Enterprises LLC, Lockheed Martin, P-791, Palmdale CA, Skunk Works
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Back to Blimps? Lockheed Martin Will Show Off Its Hybrid Airship
Source: Los Angeles Tines –latimes.com By Samantha Masunaga Lockheed Martin Corp. will give the media a first look at its Hybrid Airship prototype at the defense giant’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale on Wednesday.
Posted in Airships, Hybrid Airships
Tagged airship, hybrid airship, Lockheed Martin, P-791, Palmdale CA, Skunk Works
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Airlander marks Cardington’s ‘return to original purpose’
Source: BBC News – bbc.com With the world’s longest aircraft set to be launched in the next few weeks, BBC News takes a look at the history of a place synonymous with airships in Britain.
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