The Lighter-Than-Air Society

Source: airshipstothearctic.com

Game Changers

Advances in transportation technology are game changers. The advent of steam railways opened up the centers of the continents to settlement because it became economic to cultivate crops and ship them to distant markets.  The development of jet airplanes created worldwide tourism because it became possible for the masses to afford a holiday in the sun or a trip to visit interesting locations.  The introduction of ISO sea containers spurred the economic growth of the “Asian tigers” and the globalization of manufacturing. The next great game changer is transport airships. Continue reading →

Source: UPI.com

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., Nov. 18 (UPI) — The mid-altitude Argus One unmanned airship will undergo free-flight testing in December at the U.S. Department of Energy Nevada Test Site.

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Source: The Selkirk Journal

By Marc Zienkiewicz – November 19, 2011

Inflation is something usually associated with bad news stories about the economy, but for University of Manitoba professor Dr. Barry Prentice and colleagues in St. Andrews and region, it’s something to be celebrated. Continue reading →

Mike Nerandzic

Source: Illawarra Mercury

BY ANGELA THOMPSON – 19 Nov, 2011

Hero applauded: Lyndy Nerandzic has brought home a gallantry medal for husband Michael (left), killed while piloting a Goodyear blimp in Germany earlier this year.

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Source: theengineer.co.uk

14 November 2011 | By Andrew Czyzewski

UK engineers are at the heart of plans to develop a ’cruiser’ airship that could radically change the way goods and people are transported around the world.

It’s official: airships are back. It’s been a long and hard rehabilitation – more than half a century in the making – but they are beginning to be taken seriously again, not simply content with being a footnote in aviation history. Continue reading →