Author Archives: LighterThanAirSociety

The first race event held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in June of 1909 was a helium gas-filled balloon race.  Read more about it on the Fun Facts page of the Learn section. Click here to see this page.

Source: Aviation Week Under a little-publicized program sponsored by the Pentagon, a small Southern California company is working on a design that is radical even by the quirky standards of buoyancy-aided aircraft: a rigid-hulled aircraft that varies its density to … Continue reading →

Goodyear and  Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik have announced a contract by which Goodyear agrees to buy three Zeppelin NT aircraft to replace their current fleet of blimps.  Find out more by clicking here.

Source: The Daily Climate A safer generation of airships is trying to usher in a low-carbon future for air cargo. The initial target: Developing markets – China, Africa, northern Canada – where transportation infrastructure is nonexistent. By Bruce Dorminey For … Continue reading →

Ohio Airships Inc. Press Release March 31, 2011 Ohio Airships taxi tested the improved Dynalifter Prototype this afternoon. The testing marks the first historic step to flight of the Dynalifter. The Dynalifter is a revolutionary type of hybrid aircraft, which … Continue reading →