The Lighter-Than-Air Society

Source: thesun.co.uk  by Fran Wetzel

A British pensioner is selling his 15-ton collection of airship memorabilia that includes scorched letters found on board the ill-fated Hindenburg. Continue reading →

Source: bedfordshire-news.co.uk

Supporters of an historic airship shed say it’s vital the structure is restored as quickly as possible.

Last weekend a hole was spotted at the top of Shed 1 at Cardington, thought to have been caused by strong winds. Continue reading →

Source: BrevardTimes.com

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida — World Surveillance Group Inc., a developer of lighter-than-air unmanned aerial vehicles (“UAVs”) and related technologies, announced today that the Company has successfully completed payload testing of tethered flights of the Argus One UAV in Nevada in accordance with the mission parameters established by our sponsor. Continue reading →

Source: wired.com

 TAMPA, Florida — Sure, it took an extra year or so, but Northrop Grumman has finally penciled in the first flight of the giant surveillance airship it’s building for the U.S. Army. The Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle — a football-field-size, helium-filled robot blimp fitted with sensors and data-links — should take to the air over Lakehurst, New Jersey, the first or second week of June. K.C. Brown, Jr., Northrop’s director of Army programs, crows: ”We’re about to fly the thing!”

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Source: SFGate.com – The San Francisco Chronicle

A group of scientists took to the skies in an airship Thursday in search of meteorites that rained over California’s gold country last month.

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