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Source: MSNBC News ‘Everyone was screaming’ WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A hot air balloon hit a power line, caught fire and crashed, killing all 11 people on board and devastating the town where it happened. The sightseeing balloon, carrying a pilot and five couples, came … Continue reading →

Source: Standard Examiner By Scott Schwebke OGDEN — The police department’s plan to launch a crime-fighting blimp has crashed. The blimp has been scuttled and was deflated by a number of factors, said Mayor-elect Mike Caldwell.

Source: Silicon Valley Mercury News by Troy Wolverton and Kristen Marschall, Bay Area News Group Hangar One, once home to the Navy’s giant airships at Moffett Field, finally has a few willing benefactors: Google’s top three executives have offered to … Continue reading →

  Source: airshipstothearctic.com   Game Changers Advances in transportation technology are game changers. The advent of steam railways opened up the centers of the continents to settlement because it became economic to cultivate crops and ship them to distant markets.  … Continue reading →

Source: UPI.com KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., Nov. 18 (UPI) — The mid-altitude Argus One unmanned airship will undergo free-flight testing in December at the U.S. Department of Energy Nevada Test Site.