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Source: bedfordshire-news.co.uk

The council’s building department has been awarded a contract to monitor the refurbishment of the historic Shed One at Cardington after a hole was spotted in the roof in July. Continue reading →

Source: Oregon Public Broadcasting

By Kristian Foden-Vencil

An Oregon company is building a new high-altitude ballooning station in Tillamook. The Near Space Corporation is spending $6.9 million to build a factory and ballooning station at the Port of Tillamook Airport Business Park. Continue reading →

Source: Südkurier Online

A ZDF crew films in Friedrichshafen for a documentary on the Rhine. With a ten-meter long blimp they made completely new aerial photography of the river. Highlight of the shoot was the visit of the Mini-Zeppelin with its big brother, the Zeppelin NT in Friedrichshafen. Continue reading →

Source: LiveScience.com

Past expeditions to find conclusive evidence for the existence of Bigfoot have at least two things in common: They were unsuccessful, and they were ground-based. Continue reading →

Source: Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Bill Sweetman

A revolutionary aircraft prototype is now in the final stages of assembly and integration in a World War II airship hangar in Tustin, Calif. Continue reading →