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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
R101: The anniversary of Bedford’s greatest tragedy
Source: Bedfordshire on Sunday – bedfordshire-news.co.uk By Judy Riley In the late autumn of 1929, little Donald Clarke posed for a photo with his brother, Reginald, in front of the R101. Little did he know then that, some 80 years later, … Continue reading
Posted in Airships, Dirigible, History, Rigid airship
Tagged airship, Cardington Hangars, R-101, rigid airship
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NMSU helps NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program achieve rare feat
Source: Las Cruces Sun-News – lcsun-news.com By Tiffany Acosta For the first time in the 27-year launch history in Fort Sumner, N.M., New Mexico State University’s Physical Science Laboratory’s Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility team launched three balloon experiments on three … Continue reading
Balloon pilots take aim at long-distance flight record
Source: CTV News – ctvnews.ca By Susan Montoya Bryan An international team led by two veteran pilots has set its sights on breaking a pair of major ballooning records when it launches its helium-filled balloon from Japan in early 2015.
Posted in Balloons, Hot Air Balloons, Uncategorized
Tagged Hot air balloons, Long distance flight, World Record
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Spaceport America may get near-space balloon flights
Source: Albuquerque Journal – abqjournal.com By Kevin Robinson-Avila Paying passengers may soon fly to the edge of space in massive balloons launched from Spaceport America.
Principles of Aerostatics – A new book
Principles of Aerostatics, a new book by John Taylor, a lighter-than-air flight test engineer and consultant. Principles of Aerostatics presents the complete theory of static lift for airships, aerostats and balloons.