Moffett Field’s Hangar One Stripped to the Bone, Renovation Plans Stalled

Source: KQED.org – NPR Northern California

By Peter Jon Shuler

The steel frame of the historic Hangar One, the 1930s airship station at Moffett Field in Mountain View, looms like the silver bones of a giant prehistoric beast.  And for now, its future seems just about as precarious. Continue reading →

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Airship memorabilia collection set to fetch £1million at auction

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 →

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Historic hangar at Cardington faces an uncertain future

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 →

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Successful Argus One UAV Payload Testing For World Surveillance Group

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 →

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Army Readies Its Mammoth Spy Blimp for First Flight

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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