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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
What will become of blimp hangar? Tustin searches for developer to create ‘urban village’ at site
Source: The Orange County Register – ocregister.com By Brooke Edwards Staggs Plans are advancing to give one of Tustin’s historic blimp hangars new life, as part of an “urban village” in the heart of the Tustin Legacy community. The City … Continue reading
Posted in Hangars and Sheds
Tagged Blimp Hangar, Marine Corps Naval Station, Tustin Hangar
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Alphabet’s Stratospheric Loon Balloons to Start Serving Internet to Indonesia
Source: MIT Technology Review – technologyreview.com By Tom Simonite The high-flying Internet balloons dreamed up by Google will get their biggest test yet in 2016. New ways to deliver Internet connectivity could help the billions of people who don’t have … Continue reading
Helium fill and floatation mark new milestones for Airlander’s return to flight
Source: The Engineer – theengineer.co.uk The world’s largest aircraft reached another milestone over the weekend when it received its first helium fill and was floated for the first time.
Posted in Airships, Blimps, Hybrid Airships
Tagged Airlander, airship, Cardington Hangars, Hybrid Air Vehicles Ltd., hybrid airship
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Model maker spent $47,000 building a fully-functional zeppelin
Source: Daily Mail – dailymail.co.uk By Qin Xie A man from Ningling, central China, has successfully built a zeppelin so he could make his childhood dream of flying a reality.
Rare Archival Airship Films Have Been Digitized and Are Available for Viewing
The Archival Services of the University of Akron have digitized four nitrate films that form part of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. records stored at the university. The videos were first transferred from highly combustible nitrate to safety film … Continue reading
Posted in Airships, Dirigible, Hangars and Sheds, Historical, Movies, Rigid airship
Tagged Airdock, airship, Akron, dirigible, goodyear, Navy Day, USS Akron
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