Author Archives: LighterThanAirSociety

Aeros Awarded Patent for Cargo Airship Technology Breakthrough

Posted on May 13, 2015 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: aeroscraft.com Innovation Enables Cargo Airships Capable of Infrastructure Independence and Cost-Efficient Global Freight Transport.

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Chris Burden’s hot-rod dirigible to land at LACMA

Posted on May 12, 2015 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: The Art Newspaper – theartnewspaper.com By Jori Finkel If you ever suspected that Chris Burden is at heart a 19th-century engineer (think bridges, trains and proto-planes) in the guise of a burly 21st-century conceptual artist, his newest work would … Continue reading →

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Getting the low-density supersonic decelerator (LDSD) vehicle to test altitude

Posted on May 12, 2015 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: phys.org By Keith Koehler In June NASA will conduct the second flight of the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) test vehicle from the U.S. Navy Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) located on the Island of Kauai, Hawaii.

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The Hindenburg Disaster as Reported by the New York Daily News on May 7, 1937

Posted on May 6, 2015 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: New York Daily News – nydailynews.com (Originally published by the Daily News on May 7, 1937.)

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‘Super-Sized’ Blimp over Houston – This Forgotten Day

Posted on May 4, 2015 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: Houston Chronicle – chron.com By Bryan Kerr May 1, 1986: On this day, the McDonald’s “McBlimp” arrived in Houston to help celebrate the Texas Sesquicentennial.

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