Blimp Race Held in New York City on July 4, 2011

On July 4th at 5 PM, New York City hosted  the Independence Airship Invitational. The race was between 3 blimps: the Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey blimp, the Hangar 1 Vodka blimp and the DirecTV blimp.

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Airship Venture’s Eureka stops at the Akron Airdock

Around 3:00 PM on Saturday, June 25, the Eureka, Airship Venture’s Zeppelin also known as the Farmers Airship made a stop at the Akron Fulton airport and moored near the Akron Airdock. The airship, which usually operates out of its home base at Moffet Field (near San Francisco CA) is on a countrywide tour.

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You Built What?! A Colossal Flying Reproduction of a 1935 Airship

Source: Popular Science

The model USS Macon barely fits inside a two-car garage.

Quick Jaunt The airship gets 45 minutes of flight time on a single charge of its battery. Continue reading →

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Air Dock Doors Open For New Airship Testing

Source: AkronNewsNow.com

Later this year a project by Lockheed Martin in Akron to build new high altitude airships for the Army will take a big step forward.

That process began today as the company rolled out one of the prototype airships for testing at the big Air Dock in South Akron. Continue reading →

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Balloon Reconnaissance Marks 150th Anniversary

Source: American Forces Press Service

By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, June 10, 2011 – The intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support critical to operations in Afghanistan got its start 150 years ago this month, when a balloonist showed then-President Abraham Lincoln how a gas-filled balloon could help the Union Army prevail in the Civil War. Continue reading →

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