Source: Goodyear Tire & Rubber – goodyearblimp.com
After 14 years of filling the skies, the “Spirit of Goodyear” airship retired after the Daytona 500. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company’s longest continuous operated airship was overhead to provide aerial coverage for its final events this weekend at Daytona International Speedway. Continue reading
Source: prweb.com
Stratxx Holding AG has recently announced that it has launched a new tethered Airship the “X Tower”. The airship is designed to carry telecommunications and broadcast payloads.
On Sunday afternoon history will be made in Daytona. It will be the first time that the legendary race will be covered by two blimps. Both the Spirit of Goodyear and the Spirit of Innovation will be providing aerial TV coverage of the race. Continue reading
Source: japandailypress.com
By: John Hofilena
Keisuke Iwaya, a 27-year-old engineering graduate from Sapporo, has taken his fascination of outer space to a different level – a higher level – by doing photography way up in the stratosphere. Continue reading
Source: The Chippewa Herald – chippewa.com
By Elizabeth Dohms
A few years ago, Chi-Hi physics teacher Nick Gagnon watched a video of an amateur ham radio operator launching and tracking a high-altitude balloon.
He thought a project of NASA proportions that could be done for cheap would be an educational and rewarding project for the students. Continue reading