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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 tests helium balloon Wi-Fi network
Source: Engineering and Technology Magazine By Tereza Pultarova Google has been running pilot tests of its Project Loon providing Internet connectivity via a fleet of helium balloons in New Zealand since June.
The ‘Despicablimp’ visits Northeast Ohio
This afternoon the ‘Despicablimp’ was seen flying over the Akron and Cleveland region. The airship a Van Wagner A-150 Lightship is decorated as a minion and is used to promote the Despicable Me 2 movie. The airship is moored next … Continue reading
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Tagged A-150, Airdock, Despicable Me 2, Despicablimp, Lightship
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World Surveillance Group Establishes Consortium Teaming Agreement to Further Develop and Commercialize Argus One Airship
Source: FreshNews.com World Surveillance Group Inc., a developer of lighter-than-air aerostats and unmanned aerial systems (“UAS”), has signed a teaming agreement with three other companies to establish a consortium to further develop and commercialize its Argus One lighter-than-air unmanned aerial … Continue reading
Aeros Announces Aeroscraft ‘Dragon Dream’ Flight Test Crew
Source: StreetInsider.com Aeroscraft manufacturer Aeros announced today the members of its flight test crew, who are now under final preparations for a historic first flight within the coming weeks aboard a new innovative lighter-than-air vehicle designed to transport oversized cargo … Continue reading
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Tagged aeroscraft, Alfred "Corky" Belanger, Dragon Dream, General Raymond Johns, Igor Pasternak
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BBC Announces Cloud Lab – an Airship crossing the United States for Scientific Research
Sources: bbc.co.uk, jimmcquaid.wordpress.com, ozreport.com BBC Two and BBC Four Controller Janice Hadlow announced a scientific mission across the United States. A team of scientists will be taking to the skies in the world’s largest airship – the Skyship 600 – … Continue reading