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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
90th anniversary of the loss of USS Shenandoah commemorated in Ava
By Eric Brothers The loss of the U.S. Navy rigid airship USS Shenandoah and 14 of her crew over southern Ohio on Sept, 3, 1925 was remembered in a ceremony on Sept. 6, 2015, near where the dirigible broke up … Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Aerostat Flies over the Akron Airdock
As announced in our post of August 19, Lockheed Martin has been flying a tethered Aerostat next to the Akron Airdock, near the Akron Fulton airport.
Posted in Aerostats, Airships
Tagged aerostat, Airdock, Akron, Akron Fulton Airport, Lockheed Martin, surveillance blimp, unmanned airship
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September 6, 2015 – Special Program Commemorating the 90th Anniversary of the Loss of the USS Shenandoah
On Sunday, September 6 at 2 PM, a ceremony will be held in the center of Ava, Ohio, (about four miles North of I-77 – Exit 28, along Route 821) to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the crash of the … Continue reading
Posted in Airships, Events, Rigid airship
Tagged airship, Ava Ohio, rigid airship, USS Shenandoah
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Following Its Retirement the Goodyear Blimp Spirit of America Is Dismantled
Source: KCBS-TV, channel 2, Los Angeles – losangeles.cbslocal.com The following images were extracted from the KCBS news report covering the dismantling of Goodyear’s Spirit of America blimp. All images courtesy of KCBS-TV, Channel 2, Los Angeles
Follow the 59th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett online – Launch of the gas balloons on Friday !
Source: Fédération Aéronautique Internationale – fai.org The Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett, the FAI World Long Distance Gas Balloon Championship, is the oldest and most prestigious event in aviation and the ultimate challenge for the pilots.