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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
Goodyear’s next-generation blimp arrives in Southern California
Source: Daily Breeze – dailybreeze.com By Brennon Dixson A familiar sight returned to the the skies over Southern California on Thursday as Goodyear’s next-generation blimp – a longer, faster, quieter, easier-to-maneuver craft than the one retired in March – cruised … Continue reading
Posted in Airships, Blimps, Semi-Rigid
Tagged airship, Akron, blimp, Blimp Hangar, Blimp NT, Carson Blimp Base, dirigible, goodyear, Goodyear blimp, P.W. Litchfield, Spirit of Innovation, Wingfoot Lake, Wingfoot Two
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Beyond the Hindenburg: Airships Throughout History
Source: The National Archives – archives.gov The dramatic, fiery fate of the German rigid airship LZ-129, the Hindenburg, in 1937 is the most famous event of the airship age.
Posted in Airships, Blimps, Dirigible, Historical, Rigid airship, Semi-Rigid
Tagged airship, blimp, Blimp K-74, Blimpron 14, dirigible, German U-boats, Goodyear Aircraft Company, Helium, Hindenburg, K-Ships, Los Angeles, Lt. Nelson Grills, LZ-129, M-Ships, NAS Lakehurst, NAS Richmond, Naval Air Stations, Squadron ZP-21, U-134, US Navy, World War I, World War II, zeppelin, ZR-3
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Airlander Aims High with Luxury Tourism Variant
Source: Hybrid Air Vehicles – hybridairvehicles.com The Airlander Team have made two significant deals this week to make a tourism version of their unique low carbon aircraft a reality.
Posted in Airships, Hybrid Airships
Tagged Airlander, airship, airship tourism, Design Q, Henry Cookson Adventures, Hybrid Air Vehicles Ltd., hybrid airship, Innovate UK
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Weather Too Poor for Weather Blimps to Measure Poor Weather
Source: KUAM News – kuam.com By Isa Baza Poor weather may be putting a damper on plans of French scientists to release miniature blimps into a developing tropical cyclone near Guam. The scientists are here in the hopes of collecting … Continue reading
Posted in Aerostats, Airships, Blimps
Tagged aerostat, airship, blimp, tropical cyclone research, University of Guam, unmanned airship
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