The Lighter-Than-Air Society

Source: PRNewswire

Sequester prompts airship revival

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A 2-part fictional drama about the ill-fated flight of the Hindenburg will be playing on Encore TV as follows (Check your local listings for confirmation):

Monday March 11 at 8:00 PM ET – Episode 1, Tuesday March 12 at 8:00 PM ET – Episode 2

Sunday March 17 at 10:00 AM ET – Episode 1, Sunday March 17 at 11:36 AM ET – Episode 2

The movie, a German production, written by Johannes W. Betz stars Maximilian Simonischek, Lauren Lee Smith and Heiner Lauterbach and is directed by Philipp Kadelbach

Zeps advance!
The Shenandoah High School Zeps of Sarahsville, Ohio, clinched the USA Today High School Sports Best Mascot in Ohio category with 147,305 votes, or 46.2% of the total cast among the five contenders. No-doubt thanks to airship fans across the U.S.,  the Zeps rallied in the final hours to edge out the Norwalk Truckers, who finished second with 131,795 votes (41.4%). Continue reading →

Source:  NASA News

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – The airship USS Macon arrived at Naval Air Station Moffett on October 15, 1933. To commemorate the event, NASA’s Ames Research Center and the Moffett Historical Society will mark its 78th anniversary by launching a 20-foot working model of the USS Macon on Saturday, October 15, 2011in Moffett’s Hangar Two. Continue reading →

Source: NBC News

By Ayman Mohyeldin, Charlene Gubash and John Newland, NBC News

A hot air balloon carrying foreign tourists caught on fire while it was in the air near Egypt’s ancient city of Luxor, killing 19 people, officials said Tuesday.

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