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Giant Surveillance Blimp Untethers And Drifts Over Pennsylvania

Posted on October 28, 2015 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: NPR – npr.org By Eyder Peralta A giant surveillance “blimp” that had been tethered to a mooring at an Army installation in Maryland is now loose and drifting over Pennsylvania.

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Airship Autopsy – Before the Hindenburg, there was the Shenandoah

Posted on October 20, 2015 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: MIT News Magazine/MIT Technology Review – technologyreview.com By Michael Greshko and SM ’15 Just before dawn on September 3, 1925, the Shenandoah, an airship that was over two football fields long and constructed from an alloy of copper and … Continue reading →

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Ashtead Supplies Equipment for Scientific Subsea Expedition to Explore US Airship Wreckage

Posted on October 20, 2015 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: Ashtead Technology – ashtead-technology.com Ashtead Technology, the global number one independent provider of subsea equipment rental, sales and services has been supporting attempts to explore the wreckage of the USS Macon, the United States Navy’s last flying aircraft.

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China Tests its Largest Airship

Posted on October 19, 2015 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: Popular Science – popsci.com By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer On October 13, 2015, China started the 24 hour test flight of its largest airship yet in Xilinhot, Inner Mongolia.

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Historic Moment as Cardington Shed One is Reborn

Posted on October 18, 2015 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: Bedfordshire on Sunday – bedfordshire-news.co.uk With the refurbishment of Shed One now complete, Bedfordshire on Sunday went to Cardington to find out how you go about rebuilding one of the world’s greatest megastructures and how the airship is coming … Continue reading →

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