Source: History – history.com
By Erin Blakemore
It happened in moments—a gust of whipping wind. Suddenly, the USS Akron, a dirigible performing exercises off the coast of New Jersey, felt more like a flimsy toy than one of the most advanced aircrafts of its age. Then it happened. Buffeted by winds, the airship plummeted toward the Atlantic, disintegrating before the stunned crew could even try to save it.
Source: New York Daily News – nydailynews.com
Google’s parent Alphabet Inc. said Friday that its stratospheric balloons are now delivering the internet to remote areas of Puerto Rico where cellphone towers were knocked out by Hurricane Maria.
Source: Atlas Obscura – atlasobscura.com
By Natasha Frost
The Hindenburg’s fattened ducklings and caviar were essentially German propaganda.
Source: Royal Aeronautical Society – aerosociety.com
By Tim Robinson
At a RAeS Flight Test Group Lecture, Hybrid Air Vehicles detailed the flight test progress and next steps in flying one of world’s biggest and most innovative aircraft – the Airlander 10 hybrid airship. Tim Robinson reports.
Source: The Guam Daily Post – postguam.com
By Tihu Lujan
Innovative balloons may improve weather forecasting
Five French meteorologists are on Guam testing a set of miniature blimps that may lead to innovative weather forecasting.