The Lighter-Than-Air Society
The Lighter-Than-Air Society is your source for information pertaining to blimps, airships, dirigibles, zeppelins, aerostats, and various balloons.
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  • About
    • Mission Statement
  • Contact Us
  • Events & Meetings
    • Current and Future Events
    • Past Events
      • 2013 Silent Auction Items
      • August 18, 2012 – The Ghost Blimp
      • November 10, 2012 – 60th Annual Banquet and Fundraiser
      • November 15, 2014 – 62nd Annual Banquet and Silent Auction
      • Saturday, April 6, 2013 11:00 AM
      • May 6, 2012 – 75th Anniversary of the Crash of the Hindenburg
        • The Hindenburg – Cast and Crew
        • The Hindenburg – Synopsis
      • 59th Annual Banquet and Silent Auction Flyer – October 22, 2011
        • A Treasure of Six Ohio Books from Gray & Co., Publishers.
        • Bed & Breakfast Package in Nelsonville, Ohio
        • Golf package #2
        • Jim Maloney Jr. – Guest Speaker
        • Lighter Than Air: An Illustrated History of Balloons and Airships, by Tom D. Crouch
        • The Movie Basket
        • Tom Riley, Recipient of the 2011 ‘P. Rendall Brown’ Lifetime Achievement Award
      • FAREWELL shown at the 35th Cleveland International Film Festival (March 2011)
  • History
    • Special Online Content for Buoyant Flight, Spring 2013
    • This Month in Buoyant Flight History
      • This Month in Buoyant Flight History – January
        • K-class Airships
        • Airship Early Warning Squadron 1 (ZW-1)
        • Luftschiffbau Schütte-Lanz
        • Jean Pierre Blanchard (1753-1809)
        • Richard Branson and Per Lindstrand – First to cross the Pacific in a hot air balloon
      • This Month in Buoyant Flight History – February
        • Hampton Roads, Virginia – Airship ‘Roma’ Disaster, Feb 1922
        • Henri Dupuy de Lôme
        • Medal commemorates first successful balloon flight in Italy
        • Robert Falcon Scott
        • The Remains of the USS Macon
        • USAF Museum Fact Sheet – Roma Airship Tragedy and Liberty Engine
      • This Month in Buoyant Flight History – March
        • Fatal Flight of Capt. Gray
        • Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin’s Grave site
        • First Flight of the Hindenburg (LZ-129)
        • The ZPG-2 Airship ‘Snow Bird’ sets Unrefueled Flight Time and Distance Records
        • USS Macon christening ceremony – March 11, 1933
      • This Month in Buoyant Flight History – April
      • This Month in Buoyant Flight History – May
      • This Month in Buoyant Flight History – June
      • This Month in Buoyant Flight History – July
      • This Month in Buoyant Flight History – August
      • This Month in Buoyant Flight History – September
  • Learn
    • Fun Facts
      • Books from the Collection of Captain Garland Fulton
      • Glossary of Airship Terms
      • How do you build a Blimp? How does it work?
      • The first event at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was a helium gas-filled balloon competition
    • Learn About Stratospheric Balloons
      • A Typical Stratospheric Balloon Launch
      • Anatomy of a Stratospheric Balloon
    • New Zeppelins for Goodyear
      • ABJ article on Goodyear’s new Zeppelins
      • COMPARISON SHEET – GZ20A/Goodyear LZN07-101
      • ELECTRONIC SIGN – THEN AND NOW
      • Goodyear Press Release
      • New Goodyear Blimp Photo Gallery
      • The Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik Press Release
    • Newsletters
    • Other
      • MKO Cargo Airship Conference, October 9 – 10, 2013
      • Paul Rendall “Ren” Brown
      • The Quintessential Helium Head
  • Links
  • Membership
  • Virtual Museum
    • Dr. A. Dale Topping

Links

  • 00 Virtual Museum

    • Dr. & Mrs. A. Dale Topping L-T-A Museum
  • 01 Other Museums and Exhibits

    • MAPS Air Museum – North Canton, Ohio
    • Summit Memory
  • 03 Associations

    • Naval Airship Assn.
    • Northeast Ohio Balloon Pilots Association
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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
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