Category Archives: Airships

Chris Burden’s hot-rod dirigible to land at LACMA

Posted on May 12, 2015 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: The Art Newspaper – theartnewspaper.com By Jori Finkel If you ever suspected that Chris Burden is at heart a 19th-century engineer (think bridges, trains and proto-planes) in the guise of a burly 21st-century conceptual artist, his newest work would … Continue reading →

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The Hindenburg Disaster as Reported by the New York Daily News on May 7, 1937

Posted on May 6, 2015 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: New York Daily News – nydailynews.com (Originally published by the Daily News on May 7, 1937.)

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‘Super-Sized’ Blimp over Houston – This Forgotten Day

Posted on May 4, 2015 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: Houston Chronicle – chron.com By Bryan Kerr May 1, 1986: On this day, the McDonald’s “McBlimp” arrived in Houston to help celebrate the Texas Sesquicentennial.

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See What It’s Like To Drive A Blimp To Work Every Day

Posted on May 4, 2015 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: Van Wagner Aerial Media On April 29th, the New York Post published an inside look into what it is like to be a blimp pilot. Van Wagner Aerial Media’s very own Terry Dillard, Chief Captain of MetLife Blimp Snoopy … Continue reading →

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NASA’s Wild Airship Idea for Cloud Cities on Venus

Posted on April 22, 2015 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: space.com By Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer Astronauts could start exploring Venus in the not-too-distant future — as long as they stay high up in the planet’s acid-laced skies.

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