Gas Explorer Teams Up with Lockheed Martin on Helium-filled Airships

Posted on April 6, 2017 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: The Telegraph – telegraph.co.uk

By: Jon Yeomans

Giant helium-fueled airships could soon be plying the skies – and a Tanzania-based gas explorer hopes to be joining them for the ride.

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Airlander Unveils Two Significant Enhancements Ahead of Hangar Exit

Posted on April 5, 2017 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: Hybrid Air Vehicles – hybridairvehicles.com

The Airlander Team can today announce two significant enhancements to the aircraft ahead of its imminent Hangar Exit and resumption of its Flight Test Program.

  • The all-new Auxiliary Landing System
  • The Mobile Mooring Mast

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Boeing Tests Starliner Capsule at Spaceport America

Posted on March 19, 2017 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: Las Cruces Sun-News – lcsun-news.com

By Jason Gibbs

Boeing has moved one step closer to carrying astronauts to the International Space Station.

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Goodyear Deflates Blimp, but Keeps Familiar Form in Flight

Posted on March 17, 2017 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: Daily Journal – dailyjournal.net

By John Rogers

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Goodyear has let the helium out of the last of its fabled fleet of blimps, but the company’s flight program will continue.

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Charting the Changes to the Goodyear Blimp

Posted on March 17, 2017 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: New York Daily News – nydailynews.com

By Kate Mcleod

It all started in 1911, when Goodyear built its first airship envelope, a 400,000-cubic-foot bag ordered by a lighter-than-air enthusiast named Melvin Vaniman.

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