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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
Author Archives: LighterThanAirSociety
Goodyear celebrates 60 years of aerial coverage
Source: insidesocal.com By Jordan England-Nelson The Federal Aviation Administration is still wringing its hands about the commercial use of unmanned aerial vehicles, but manned blimps have had the FAA’s blessing for over half a century.
Posted in Airships, Blimps, History
Tagged Aerial TV coverage, airship, blimp, goodyear, Goodyear blimps, Rose Bowl, Spirit of America, Tournament of Roses
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A Photovoltaic Balloon Could Bring Electricity to Disaster Zones
Source: Smithsonian Magazine – smithsonianmag.com By Joni Blecher, XPRIZE contributor smithsonian.com Moored to a base with batteries, the Zephyr collects enough solar energy to power 15 relief tents and a telecommunications network
Google Continues to Make Progress on Project Loon
Read two articles regarding the progress that Google is making on Project Loon, a system of stratospheric helium balloons to provide Wi-Fi connectivity to remote areas. Source: The Independent – independent.co.uk Up, Up and Away on Google’s Wi-Fi Balloon
To all those who contributed
Our 62nd Annual Banquet and Silent Auction a Success! Over 70 people attended our banquet and were treated to an amazing presentation by Michael Dougherty, Goodyear’s Assistant Chief Pilot. The evening included the presentation of two Lighter-Than-Air Society’s awards and … Continue reading
Posted in Annual Banquet, Events
Tagged Airdock, Akron, blimp, Blimp NT, goodyear, New Goodyear Airship NT, Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik, ZLT
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Lockheed sees buyer for hybrid cargo airship in 2015
Source: Reuters – Reuters.com By Andrea Shalal Lockheed Martin Corp expects to reach an agreement next year with a launch customer for a giant new hybrid airship that would revolutionize the way oil and mining companies haul equipment to the … Continue reading
Posted in Airships, Dirigible, Hybrid Airships
Tagged airship, hybrid airship, Lockheed Martin, P-791, Skunk Works
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