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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
Category Archives: Airships
Gas Explorer Teams Up with Lockheed Martin on Helium-filled Airships
Source: The Telegraph – telegraph.co.uk By: Jon Yeomans Giant helium-fueled airships could soon be plying the skies – and a Tanzania-based gas explorer hopes to be joining them for the ride.
Posted in Airships, Hybrid Airships
Tagged airship, Helium One, hybrid airship, Hybrid Enterprises LLC, Lockheed Martin
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Airlander Unveils Two Significant Enhancements Ahead of Hangar Exit
Source: Hybrid Air Vehicles – hybridairvehicles.com The Airlander Team can today announce two significant enhancements to the aircraft ahead of its imminent Hangar Exit and resumption of its Flight Test Program. The all-new Auxiliary Landing System The Mobile Mooring Mast
Posted in Airships, Hybrid Airships
Tagged Airlander, airship, Hybrid Air Vehicles Ltd., hybrid airship
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Goodyear Deflates Blimp, but Keeps Familiar Form in Flight
Source: Daily Journal – dailyjournal.net By John Rogers Excerpt Goodyear has let the helium out of the last of its fabled fleet of blimps, but the company’s flight program will continue.
Posted in Airships, Blimps
Tagged airship, blimp, Columbia, Eagle, goodyear, Goodyear blimp, GZ-20A, Spirit of Innovation, Wingfoot Two
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Charting the Changes to the Goodyear Blimp
Source: New York Daily News – nydailynews.com By Kate Mcleod It all started in 1911, when Goodyear built its first airship envelope, a 400,000-cubic-foot bag ordered by a lighter-than-air enthusiast named Melvin Vaniman.
Posted in Airships, Blimps, Rigid airship
Tagged Airdock, airship, Akron, blimp, dirigible, goodyear, Goodyear blimp, Graf Zeppelin, Hindenburg, USS Akron, USS Macon
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The Last of the Goodyear Blimps – Deflation in Pictures
Source: Reuters – reuters.com Images of the deflation of the last Goodyear GZ-20A blimp, the Spirit of Innovation, as documented by Reuters photographer Mike Blake in the early hours of March 14, 2017.
Posted in Airships, Blimps
Tagged blimp, Carson Airship Base, goodyear, Goodyear blimp, Spirit of Innovation
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