The Lighter-Than-Air Society’s 70th Annual Banquet and Silent Auction is Saturday October 19, 2024

Posted on September 22, 2024 by LighterThanAirSociety

1947 Flxible

Topic: The many lives of a 1947 Flxible Goodyear Airship Operations crew bus
The ongoing restoration of the bus now at the Liberty Aviation Museum will be detailed by Todd Hackbarth, an aviation historian representing the Liberty Aviation Museum.
The streamlined bus was a popular attraction at this year’s Props and Pistons festival at Akron Fulton Airport. Learn more about the bus’s remarkable journey and what lies ahead.

When: Saturday October 19, 2024
6pm buffet dinner, 7pm program

Where: Portage Lakes Kiwanis Civic Center
725 Portage Lakes Dr.
Akron, OH 44319
(off Rt 93 Manchester Rd.)

Silent auction! History display!

Buffet dinner includes chicken and beef entrees, potatoes, vegetables, roll & butter, coffee, tea, or water. Vegetarian entrée available by request.

Tickets: $40 per person. Please indicate entrée(s): (Buffet or Vegetarian), name(s), phone,  email.

Make checks payable to The Lighter Than Air Society and mail payment to:

ATTN BANQUET
The LTA Society
P O Box 5192
Akron, OH 44334-0192

Reservations must reach us by October 14!

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2023 L-T-A Society Banquet: October 21

Posted on August 28, 2023 by LighterThanAirSociety

Join us for LTA Society’s Annual Banquet!
Sat. Oct 21, 2023
5pm social hour, 6pm dinner, 7pm program

Location:
Lala’s Casual Dining
4315 Manchester Rd
Akron OH 44319

Speaker
Lou Young will speak about his father, W. C. Young, and the founding of Goodyear-Zeppelin Corp. 100 years ago.

Tickets $45 per person; please specify chicken, pork chop, or vegetarian entrée

Mail check or money order to:
ATTN BANQUET
THE LTA SOCIETY
PO BOX 5192
AKRON OH 44334-0192

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Subway introduces flying 180-foot-long footlong

Posted on August 29, 2023 by LighterThanAirSociety

Subway Restaurants debuts a Lightship – the Subway in the Sky – as a capstone to its latest “Eat Fresh” Refresh launch.

Subway in the Sky will take to the skies on September 1, 2023, allowing guests to experience the heights Subway has reached since it began its transformation journey in 2021.

The vessel embodies The Beast, one of the new Deli Hero subs introduced in July that boasts a half pound of its new freshly sliced meat. Underneath the nearly 180-foot-long footlong, Subway transformed the gondola into a floating restaurant that accommodates up to six sandwich lovers per trip.

The Subway in the Sky will stop in cities across the U.S. as it soars through the sky in September, including Kansas City, Atlanta, Orlando, and Miami (flight dates and time subject to change due to weather or other atmospheric conditions).

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The Lighter-Than-Air Society Banquet – 2022

Posted on September 3, 2022 by LighterThanAirSociety

The Lighter-Than-Air Society Banquet

Saturday October 8, 2022 5 p.m.

MAPS Air Museum

260 International Pkwy

North Canton, OH 44720

Featuring an informal presentation by Ed Ogden, Retired Public Relations Specialist, Goodyear Airship Operations: “Reminiscences of life with the Goodyear blimps” Continue reading →

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You Could Win A VIP Trip to the Chick-fil-A College Football Hall Of Fame

Posted on October 9, 2019 by LighterThanAirSociety

HEADED TO THE HALL

​The National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame are inducting the Goodyear Blimp as an honorary member, the first non-player or coach to be inducted. To celebrate, Goodyear is giving you a chance to win a once-in-a-lifetime experience at the Chick-fil-A College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta. Continue reading →

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