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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
Google Takes Over Aging Moffett Field and Its Airship Hangars
Source: San Jose Mercury News – mercurynews.com By Matt O’Brien Built for an age when 800-foot-long flying aircraft carriers were the cutting edge of aviation, the colossal hangars of the Moffett Federal Airfield are about to become roosts for Silicon … Continue reading
Posted in Hangars and Sheds, History
Tagged Blimp Hangar, Google, Hangar One, Moffett Field, NASA Ames Research Center, Planetary Ventures, USS Macon
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Gigantic Airship Launches Equity Crowd-funding Drive to Fly Again
Source: Engineering and Technology Magazine – eandt.theiet.org By Tereza Pultarova A company behind the world’s largest airship has launched an equity crowd-funding campaign to help raise funds to get its Airlander 10 off the ground again.
Posted in Airships, Hybrid Airships
Tagged airship, Hybrid Air Vehicles Ltd., hybrid airship
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UK Team Eyes Solar-Powered Airship Potential
Source: The Engineer – theengineer.co.uk Researchers from the University of Lincoln, UK, have completed a three year investigation into stratospheric passenger airships as part of a multi-national engineering project designed to provide a future sustainable air transport network.
Author Aaron Keirns Talks about the Shenandoah Crash
The Lighter-Than-Air Society displays memorabilia from its collection. On March 15 Aaron Keirns gave a talk about the crash of the USS Shenandoah, the US Navy’s first rigid airship. The dirigible crashed in Noble County, Ohio on September 3, 1925. … Continue reading
Posted in Airships, History, Rigid airship, Uncategorized
Tagged Aaron Keirns, airship, Greenville Ohio, Lansdowne, Lt. Cdr. Zachary Lansdowne, USS Shenandoah
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Lawsuit Filed Against Navy for Destroyed Experimental Airship
Source: FoxNews.com By Perry Chiaramonte The makers of a state-of-the art airship have filed a $65 million lawsuit against the U.S. Navy after the helium-filled dirigible was crushed when part of the roof of the hangar where it was stored … Continue reading
Posted in Airships, Hybrid Airships, News
Tagged Aeros Corp., aeroscraft, airship, Dragon Dream, hybrid airship, Igor Pasternak, Tustin Hangar
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