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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
Oversize Cargo – The New Goodyear Passenger Gondola
Source: Zeppelin Brief With the sale in 2011 of three Zeppelin NTs to Goodyear, the U.S. tire manufacturer, Zeppelin Luftschiff-technik GmbH & Co. (ZLT) landed the largest contract in its history.
Did You Know the Lizard Peninsula Was Home to a World War I Airship Base?
Source: The Packet – falmouthpacket.co.uk As the anniversary of the outbreak of the Great War approaches, The Packet looks back a how an airship base near Mullion played a key role in defending shipping from the German submarine threat.
Namesake of Macon (GA), Giant Airship Lacks Local Tribute
Source: The Telegraph/macon.com By Jim Gaines A model ship in a large glass display case dominates the lobby of the former Macon City Hall: the USS Macon, a World War II-era cruiser named for the city. Yet that was not … Continue reading
Posted in Airships, Dirigible, Historical
Tagged airship, Macon GA, USS Macon, ZRS-5
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India’s First Indigenously Developed Stratospheric Balloon Penetrates into Mesosphere
Source: indiatimes.com Under the High Altitude Balloon Development Project (HAA) a 61,000 m3 (2,154,000 cu ft) balloon indigenously developed in India at Balloon Facility, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Hyderabad penetrated into the Mesosphere for the first time in India. … Continue reading
Raytheon Applies for “Airship Docking Station” Patent
John G. Benkert and Frank A Birdsong have applied for, and assigned to Raytheon, a patent for an “Airship Docking Station”. In light of the difficulty and high risk to equipment and personnel that docking an airship in turbulent weather … Continue reading