Scientists use airship to look for meteorites

Posted on May 4, 2012 by LighterThanAirSociety

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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Navy demonstrates unique craft over Bay County

Posted on April 26, 2012 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: Panama City NewsHerald.com

By: ZACK MCDONALD / News Herald Writer

PANAMA CITY — The skyline of the Upper Lagoon has been adorned with something out of place over the past few days. Continue reading →

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Pulham St Mary airship photographs saved from skip

Posted on April 20, 2012 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: BBC

A rare collection of previously unseen photographs of World War I airships in south Norfolk have been saved from the skip. Featuring aircraft based at Pulham St Mary from 1916 onwards, the images were taken by Royal Naval Air Service’s photographer George Hamilton Wakefield. Continue reading →

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Blimp-like inflatable wind turbine tested at high altitude

Posted on April 4, 2012 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: wired.co.uk

Altaeros Energies, a wind energy company formed out of MIT, has been able to generate high altitude power from a prototype of its floating wind turbine in a test in Maine. Continue reading →

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Basketball team makes trick shot from Goodyear blimp

Posted on March 31, 2012 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: Akron Beacon Journal

By Jim Mackinnon – Beacon Journal business writer – March 30, 2012

It turns out that shooting a basketball from a moving Goodyear blimp into a basket on the ground is difficult.

Especially since the shot, from on high in the blustery great outdoors, pretty much has to be a swish to go in.

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