Source: Winnipegfreepress.com
By Martin Cash
Barry Prentice has been telling everyone who will listen for more than 10 years that there is a future for lighter-than-air airships, especially for heavy cargo transportation and especially in Canada’s North. Continue reading
A professional author, writing a non-fiction book about the USS Macon (ZRS-5), seeks first person (eyewitness) accounts of life aboard the airship. Letters or personal diaries from officers, crew, ground handling personnel etc. would be especially helpful. If you have, or know of, such material please contact John J. Geoghegan either by mail: 1040 Canada Road, Woodside, CA 94062; or by email: johnjgeoghegan@yahoo.com. You can also contact Mr. Geoghegan through our Contact Us section, just be sure to put USS Macon in the subject.
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To read an article about the relics of the USS Macon Mr. Geoghegan published in the Science section of the New York Times click here.
Source: Airship Ventures
Lacking Sponsorship, World’s Largest Passenger Airship Grounded as of Today
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., November 14, 2012 – Airship Ventures, operators of the world’s largest passenger airship, the Zeppelin Eureka, have announced today that despite history-making successes and a stellar performance and safety record, they will be ceasing operations immediately.
On Saturday, November 10, 2012 The Lighter-Than-Air Society hosted its 60th Annual Banquet and Silent Auction. The event, held at the University of Akron’s Paul Martin Center was a resounding success.
Thank you to all those who attended and all the people and entities that contributed items for the auction. Continue reading
Source: Ashbury Park Press
By Kristi Funderburk
SEASIDE HEIGHTS — Seventy-five years after the Hindenburg disaster in Lakehurst, three people stood inside an otherwise empty beach bar to discuss the role the weather played in the airship tragedy. Continue reading