Category Archives: Airships

Goodyear’s newest airship holds first flight

Posted on March 13, 2016 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: Akron Beacon Journal – ohio.com By Jim Mackinnon After months of blimp-free skies, there’s a new Goodyear airship flying over the Akron area.

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Lockheed Martin Offers a Peek at Its Blimp-like Hybrid Airship

Posted on March 9, 2016 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: Los Angeles Tines –latimes.com By Samantha Masunaga The secretive Skunk Works in Palmdale has over the years spawned such sleek aircraft as the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane and the F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter. Today, one of the facility’s hangars … Continue reading →

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Back to Blimps? Lockheed Martin Will Show Off Its Hybrid Airship

Posted on March 9, 2016 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: Los Angeles Tines –latimes.com By Samantha Masunaga Lockheed Martin Corp. will give the media a first look at its Hybrid Airship prototype at the defense giant’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale on Wednesday.

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Skylarking in Australia’s only blimp

Posted on March 7, 2016 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: ABC RN – abc.net.au By Ann Jones Have you seen a blimp over your city? That’s the one! The Legend Blimp the only airship of its sort in the southern hemisphere, and Ann Jones recently went for a spin.

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Polar Ballooning Lectures at the Balloon Museum

Posted on March 4, 2016 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: alibi – alibi.com If you love tales of adventure, the “Balloons and Airships Over the Pole” lecture series scheduled for March 18 – 20 at at the Anderson-Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum is tailor-made for you. You will learn … Continue reading →

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