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Forecasters Identify Market for over 600 Hybrid Air Vehicles Worldwide in 20 years: HAV

Source: defenseworld.net In an interview with Defenseworld.net, Tom Grundy, Defense Business Development Lead for Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) talks about market forecasts for HAVs, its capabilities, various applications and how the company plans to tackle technical failure and budget issues.

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Can you help identify these items from the USS Shenandoah?

The Noble County Historical Society in Caldwell, Ohio uses the historic jail/jailer’s residence as its museum. One of the old jail cells is used to display a series of artifacts recovered from the crash of the USS Shenandoah. On September … Continue reading

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Balloon to rise over Fort Sumner

Source: Washington University in St. Louis – wustl.edu By Diana Lutz If the stratospheric winds are favorable, a giant balloon will soon rise over the desert, carrying aloft X-Calibur, a cutting-edge telescope.

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Werner Franz, Last Surviving Crew Member of the Hindenburg Dies

Source: cbsnews.com Werner Franz, believed to be the last surviving crew member of the German airship Hindenburg that crashed 77 years ago, has died. He was 92.

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Blimp films to be preserved

Source: Akron Beacon Journal – HeldenFiles By Rich Heldenfels While the public focus has been on the newest Goodyear blimp, Wingfoot One, preparations were being made to restore airship history from more than 80 years ago.

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