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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
New Earth-Observing Instrument Makes Successful Balloon Flight
Source: NASA – nasa.gov In New Mexico on the morning of Aug. 18, a high-altitude balloon successfully carried the HyperSpectral Imager for Climate Science (HySICS) instrument to an altitude of 123,000 feet, above most of the Earth’s atmosphere, to reach … Continue reading
Posted in Balloons, Stratospheric Balloons
Tagged high altitude helium balloons, HySICS, NASA, Stratospheric balloon
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Airships That Carry Science into the Stratosphere
Source: nytimes.com – The New York Times By Joshua A. Krisch Modern Research Borne on a Relic Airships are dusty relics of aviation history. Lighter-than-air vehicles conjure images of the Hindenburg, in its glory and destruction, and the Goodyear Blimp, … Continue reading
From the archive, 20 August 1936: From New York to Frankfurt on the Hindenburg
Source: theguardian.com Wonderfully smooth compared to aeroplane travel, one has a feeling of complete security, says reporter on board the Zeppelin.
Posted in Airships, Dirigible, Historical
Tagged airship, Frankfurt, Hindenburg, Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New York, zeppelin
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Boston’s First-Ever ‘Blimp Parade’ Will Fly Over the Hub Tomorrow, August 27
Source: bostinno.streetwise.co Tomorrow expect to see several blimps flying high over Boston! An official source tells us that the Hood Blimp will be joined by the DirectTV and MetLife Snoopy blimps for a historic flight over the streets of Boston … Continue reading
Posted in Airships, Blimps
Tagged Aerial TV coverage, blimp, blimp parade, Boston, DirecTV, Hood blimp, Snoopy
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Goodyear’s Wingfoot One christened, makes inaugural flight
On Saturday August 23, 2014 Goodyear’s newest airship, a Zeppelin LZ N07-101, was christened as Wingfoot One and made its ceremonial first flight.
Posted in Airships, Blimps, Dirigible, News
Tagged Airdock, airship, blimp, Blimp NT, christening, goodyear, Robin Roberts, zeppelin
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