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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: History
The Brief, Wondrous, High-Flying Era of Zeppelin Dining
Source: Atlas Obscura – atlasobscura.com By Natasha Frost The Hindenburg’s fattened ducklings and caviar were essentially German propaganda.
Posted in Airships, Dirigible, History, Rigid airship
Tagged airship, dirigible, Graf Zeppelin, Hindenburg, LZ-127, LZ-129, zeppelin
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Local history: 100 Years Ago, Goodrich Built Blimps Too
Source: Akron Beacon Journal – ohio.com By Mark J. Price – Beacon Journal staff writer Akron added an important word to its lexicon 100 years ago. Dr. William C. Geer, vice president of the B.F. Goodrich Co., called a staff … Continue reading
Posted in Airships, Blimps, History
Tagged airship, Akron, B. F. Goodrich, blimp, Curtiss Airplane Co., Fritch Lake, goodyear, Ralph Upson, Roy Knabenshue, U. S. Navy, Wingfoot Lake, World War I
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Clouds in a Bag: 18th and 19th Century Ballooning on Display at the Udvar-Hazy Center
Source: Loudon Times-Mirror – loudountimes.com By Sophie Desmond A sheep, a rooster and a duck go for a balloon ride. That was the scene at Versailles on Sept. 19, 1783. Placed in a wicker crate, the animals were the first … Continue reading
Airship Autopsy – Before the Hindenburg, there was the Shenandoah
Source: MIT News Magazine/MIT Technology Review – technologyreview.com By Michael Greshko and SM ’15 Just before dawn on September 3, 1925, the Shenandoah, an airship that was over two football fields long and constructed from an alloy of copper and … Continue reading
Ashtead Supplies Equipment for Scientific Subsea Expedition to Explore US Airship Wreckage
Source: Ashtead Technology – ashtead-technology.com Ashtead Technology, the global number one independent provider of subsea equipment rental, sales and services has been supporting attempts to explore the wreckage of the USS Macon, the United States Navy’s last flying aircraft.