Cold Weather Will Make Blimps a No-Show at the MetLife Super Bowl in February

Posted on September 23, 2013 by LighterThanAirSociety

DirecTV BlimpSource: nj.com

By Ted Sherman/The Star-Ledger

They rule the skies over every major sporting event.

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High River hosts Canadian Hot Air Balloon Championships

Posted on September 23, 2013 by LighterThanAirSociety

logoSource: Montrealgazette.com

Canada’s top balloonists will be floating over southern Alberta this week for the 2013 Canadian Hot Air Balloon Championships.

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BBC takes Skyship across US for TV science experiment

Posted on September 22, 2013 by LighterThanAirSociety

Skyship gondolaSource: televisual.com

By: Pippa Considine

BBC Two is boarding a team of scientists onto the world’s largest airship – the Skyship 600 – for what is being billed as “one of television’s most ambitious experiments on the atmosphere.”

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Chiefs explore airship option

Posted on September 22, 2013 by LighterThanAirSociety

Picture1Source: Winnipeg Free Press

By: Martin Cash

Hope shipments to the north could be reality in 3 to 5 years.

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Navy Airship to Conduct Operations in the DC Metro Region

Posted on September 22, 2013 by LighterThanAirSociety

130326-N-WA189-002Source: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and the Navy’s sole Science & Technology research squadron, Scientific Development Squadron ONE (VXS-1), will operate the MZ-3A lighter-than-air blimp in the regions surrounding Washington, D.C. beginning Sept. 21.

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