Blimp films to be preserved

Posted on August 29, 2014 by LighterThanAirSociety

14-08-29b Blimp films to be preserved Source: Akron Beacon Journal – HeldenFiles

By Rich Heldenfels

While the public focus has been on the newest Goodyear blimp, Wingfoot One, preparations were being made to restore airship history from more than 80 years ago.

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New Earth-Observing Instrument Makes Successful Balloon Flight

Posted on August 29, 2014 by LighterThanAirSociety

A NASA high-altitude balloon is inflated with heliumSource: NASA – nasa.gov

In New Mexico on the morning of Aug. 18, a high-altitude balloon successfully carried the HyperSpectral Imager for Climate Science (HySICS) instrument to an altitude of 123,000 feet, above most of the Earth’s atmosphere, to reach space-like conditions and demonstrate new technologies for acquiring high-accuracy science measurements of the Earth.

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Airships That Carry Science into the Stratosphere

Posted on August 27, 2014 by LighterThanAirSociety

01 Artist's renderingSource: nytimes.com – The New York Times

By Joshua A. Krisch

Modern Research Borne on a Relic

Airships are dusty relics of aviation history. Lighter-than-air vehicles conjure images of the Hindenburg, in its glory and destruction, and the Goodyear Blimp, a floating billboard that barely resembles its powerful predecessors.

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From the archive, 20 August 1936: From New York to Frankfurt on the Hindenburg

Posted on August 26, 2014 by LighterThanAirSociety

Hindenburg Dumping WaterSource: theguardian.com

Wonderfully smooth compared to aeroplane travel, one has a feeling of complete security, says reporter on board the Zeppelin.

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Boston’s First-Ever ‘Blimp Parade’ Will Fly Over the Hub Tomorrow, August 27

Posted on August 26, 2014 by LighterThanAirSociety

Hood21Source: bostinno.streetwise.co

Tomorrow expect to see several blimps flying high over Boston!

An official source tells us that the Hood Blimp will be joined by the DirectTV and MetLife Snoopy blimps for a historic flight over the streets of Boston Wednesday from 5 to 6 p.m. This event will mark the first-ever blimp parade in the Hub.

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