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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
Appliances Online Launches Huge Blimp to Symbolize Confidence in Economy
Source: mumbrella.com.au Appliances Online is promoting its brand with a maiden blimp flight of the largest blimp in the Southern hemisphere in an effort to convey the brand’s confidence in the Australian economy.
Posted in Airships, Blimps, Dirigible
Tagged airship, Appliances Online, Australia, blimp
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Zhuhai Air Show to Feature Chinese Typhoon-Resistant Airship
Source: Want China Times – wantchinatimes.com An airship developed by the state-owned China Electronics Technology Group Corporation that can hover 1,000 meters above the ground for more than two weeks is set to debut at this year’s Zhuhai Airshow in … Continue reading
The Reusable Balloon-Based Telescope
Source: Engineering.com By: Kyle Maxey Astronomers may have a new method for observing the Universe’s vast history thanks to a telescope design that blends the best of ground and space-based telescopes.
Posted in Balloons, Uncategorized
Tagged helium balloon, high altitude helium balloons, NASA, Stratospheric balloon, telescope
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The Graf Zeppelin’s First intercontinental Flight (1928) and the World’s First Aerial Stowaway
Source: CNN Travel – cnn.com/travel The World’s First Aerial Stowaway In 1928, 19-year-old Clarence Terhune became a sensation in Germany, after stowing away on the return leg of the maiden flight of the Graf Zeppelin, flying from Lakehurst, New Jersey … Continue reading
Posted in Airships, History, Rigid airship
Tagged aerial stowaway, airship, Clarence Terhune, Graf Zeppelin, zeppelin
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Step on the Gas
Source: Albuquerque Journal – abqjournal.com By Tania Soussan The differences between gas and hot-air balloons go much deeper than looks. From the physics of getting up and down to the strategy of pulling off a good flight, gas balloons don’t … Continue reading