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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: Blimps
Kathleen Endres Blimp! Documentary Nominated for Emmy
The film documentary by Kathleen “Kitty” Endres, “Blimp! Sports Broadcasting and the Goodyear Airship”, has been nominated for an Emmy by the NATAS Lower Great Lakes Chapter. The awards ceremony will be held on Saturday, June 23, 2018 in Indianapolis, IN.
Posted in Airships, Blimps, Movies, News
Tagged Aerial TV coverage, airship, Al Michaels, blimp, Blimp NT, Goodyear blimp, Kathleen Endres, Mickey Wittman, Robin Roberts, Sports Broadcasting
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Pentagon Seeks Blimps That Can Detect Threats for Saudi Arabia
Source: Bloomberg Government – bgov.com By Cameron Leuthy The Pentagon is seeking vendors that can supply Saudi Arabia with moored blimps, fifteen months after the U.S. State Department approved a possible $525 million Foreign Military Sale to the country.
Posted in Aerostats, Airships, Blimps
Tagged aerostat, blimp, JLENS, Lockheed Martin, raytheon, surveillance blimp, TCOMM LP, Tethered blimp
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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.
Posted in Airships, Blimps, Dirigible, Semi-Rigid
Tagged airship, Akron, blimp, Blimp Hangar, Blimp NT, Carson Airship Base, Carson California, dirigible, goodyear, Goodyear blimp, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., GZ-20A, Pompano Beach, Pompano Beach Airship Base, Thomarios, Wingfoot Lake, Wingfoot One, Wingfoot Two, zeppelin
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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.
Posted in Airships, Blimps
Tagged airship, blimp, T-Mobile Blimp, Water skiing towed by an airship, World Record
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