The Lighter-Than-Air Society

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By: Joe Berkowitz

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines launched a guessing game whose winner gets to tag along on the first commercial trip to space in 2014. Be the envy of everyone on Earth. Continue reading →

The conferences will be held in Friedrichshafen, Germany on April 26 and at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California. Continue reading →

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8 April 2013- From mid-April, the Zeppelin NT will once again be on a mission for climate research – this time travelling as far as Finland. Scientists are starting the second part of their measurement campaign within the pan-EU project PEGASOS, which aims to investigate relationships between atmospheric chemistry and climate change.  Continue reading →

The Lighter-Than-Air Society commemorated the 80^th anniversary of the christening and first flight of the USS Macon and the tragic loss of the USS Akron and the J-3 training blimp with a special program at the Akron-Summit County Main Library. Continue reading →

Click here to see special online content that supplements our Spring 2013 issue of Buoyant Flight. View additional content as well as some items in color. There is also a Virtual Photo Album of pictures taken during construction of the USS Macon, the christening of the airship and its first flights.