`Flying Whale’ Blimp Joins Airship Race

Source: Bloomberg Quint – bloombergquint.com

By Marie Mawad and Ania Nussbaum    27 March 2018

France has entered the global race to develop a viable cargo airship with a 500-foot blimp designed to lift lumber from deep woodland.

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Goodyear’s newest zeppelin will take to the skies this summer

Source: Cleveland.com – cleveland.com

By Jennifer Conn

Blimp-enthusiasts might not immediately be able to tell the difference, but the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.’s newest airships are not blimps – they’re semi-rigid zeppelins.

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Skier Gets Towed by Blimp for Nearly 7 Miles on Lake Elsinore, Sets New World Record

Source: The Press-Enterprise – pe.com

By Shane Newell

A new world record for the longest-distance blimp skiing has been set at Lake Elsinore.

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Winnipeg Airship Business Signs MOU with Brazilian Company

Source: CBC News – cbc.ca

Buoyant Aircraft Systems International says partnership will spearhead cargo airship industry

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University of Akron receives large airship materials collection

Source: Crain’s Cleveland Business – crainscleveland.com

By Rachel Abbey McCafferty

Akron will soon be home to a large collection documenting an industry the city has played a critical part in developing: airships, like the famous Goodyear blimps.

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