L-T-A Society 67th Annual Banquet – Saturday October 26, 2019

Posted on September 30, 2019 by LighterThanAirSociety

The L-T-A Society’s

67th Annual Banquet

Saturday Oct. 26, 2019

Social hour 5 p.m. — Dinner 6 p.m. — Program 7 p.m. Continue reading →

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College Football HOF Inducts Goodyear Blimp

Posted on January 9, 2019 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: AdWeek – adweek.com

By Robert Klara

Honoring the aircraft that helped popularize football, and revolutionized advertising in the process

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Cardington airship hangar and land sold for £10.5m

Posted on January 9, 2019 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: BBC News – bbc.com

A former home of the UK’s airship industry has been sold for £10.5m.

Hangar 1, a Grade II-listed building at Cardington airfield in Bedfordshire, once housed the world’s longest aircraft Airlander 10.

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The Lighter-Than-Air Society Presentation at the Peninsula Library and Historical Society

Posted on November 13, 2018 by LighterThanAirSociety

Subject: Zeppelins of World War I

When: Nov 15 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Where: The Peninsula Library and Historical Society, 6105 Riverview Rd, Peninsula OH 44264

The Peninsula Library and Historical Society is pleased to announce a program with the Lighter-Than-Air Society at the library on Thursday, November 15, 2018 at 7pm.  This year marks the 100th anniversary of the end of WWI.  The Lighter-Than-Air Society will join us at the Peninsula Library to talk about the Zeppelins of WWI.   Members of the Lighter-Than-Air Society, will cover the use of the German Zeppelins over the UK and France and the tie in with the US Navy.  They will also talk about the use of sound or acoustic mirrors to detect the approach of Zeppelins during the war.  Old photographs of the Zeppelins will be available for viewing.  Please call the library to register for this program, 330-657-2291 or email info@peninsulalibrary.org.  This program is FREE.

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Pilot an airship at the Design Museum – ‘Mind Pilot’ installation by Loop.pH

Posted on September 16, 2018 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: The Design Museum – designmuseum.org

Saturday 15 – Sunday 23 September 2018 Installation

This London Design Festival, spatial laboratory Loop.pH will invite visitors to pilot an airship using the power and focus of their minds inside the museum’s atrium.

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