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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
Dawn of the dirigibles: The new age of the airship?
Source: CNN.com By Bryony Jones, CNN Once upon a time, the airship was hailed as the future of flight: as glamorous, luxurious and fashionable as the Art Deco era which marked its heyday.
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Cluster Balloonist Ready for Transatlantic Flight
Source: AVweb.com By Mary Grady, Contributing editor AVweb.com In the far northeast corner of the U.S., near the small town of Caribou, Maine, cluster-balloon pilot Jonathan Trappe is getting ready to fly his unusual lighter-than-air system across the Atlantic.
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Google Launches Internet-beaming Balloons
Source: Associated Press By Nick Perry and Martha Mendoza Wrinkled and skinny at first, the translucent, jellyfish-shaped balloons that Google released this week from a frozen field in the heart of New Zealand’s South Island hardened into shiny pumpkins as … Continue reading
Twin-Hull in the Troposphere – EADS’s Arctic Airship
Source:AviationWeek.com – Ares, a Defense Technology Blog By: Graham Warwick Twin rigid hulls, hybrid aerostatic/aerodynamic lift, variable buoyancy control, 40-day unmanned endurance – meet the Tropospheric Airship concept from EADS Innovation Works, the European giant’s research and technology arm.
GSA and NASA Seek Rehab Proposals for the Historic Hangar One Airship Station
Source: U.S. General Services Administration The U.S. General Services Administration on behalf of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to solicit lease proposals for the rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of NASA’s historic … Continue reading