100 years of aviation history celebrated in North Yorkshire

Posted on October 21, 2017 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: The Press – yorkpress.co.uk

By Victoria Prest

A hundred years of Britain’s industrial and aviation innovation was remembered last weekend, in a village a stone’s throw from Drax power station.

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How a Navy Dirigible Became the World’s Deadliest Airship

Posted on October 21, 2017 by LighterThanAirSociety

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.

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Google’s internet balloons now bringing service to remote areas of Puerto Rico

Posted on October 21, 2017 by LighterThanAirSociety

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.

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The Brief, Wondrous, High-Flying Era of Zeppelin Dining

Posted on October 20, 2017 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: Atlas Obscura – atlasobscura.com

By Natasha Frost

The Hindenburg’s fattened ducklings and caviar were essentially German propaganda.

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Expanding the Envelope

Posted on October 20, 2017 by LighterThanAirSociety

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.

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