Source: fai.org
The CIA (FAI Ballooning Commission) Plenary Meeting, held in Rio de Janeiro on March 22 and 23, has finally decided. The 21st FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship will be held in San Carlos/Brazil in 2014. This decision came along after long, difficult and tiresome discussions at the Plenary, but to the satisfaction of a majority of the delegates present. Competitors may now confidently start their preparations. Continue reading
Source: Entertainment Weekly – ew.com
By Amanda Taylor Entertainment Weekly
It doesn’t speak nonsense as it flies, but Universal Pictures is gearing up for the release of Despicable Me 2 with a coast-to-coast tour of an enormous, bright yellow Minion blimp. Continue reading
On Friday, March 22, 2013, Goodyear Airship Operations invited members of the media to visit the Wingfoot Lake Airship Hangar to see the beginning of the assembly of Goodyears new airships. The new 246 foot long airships are Zeppelin LZ N07-101 models.
Click here to see the Akron Beacon Journal article and pictures.
Click here to see pictures taken by the Plain Dealer’s Lonnie Timmons III.
Click here to see pictures taken by WKYC-TV’s Ryan Haidet
The Lighter-Than-Air Society commemorated the 80th anniversary of the loss of the USS Akron and the launch of the USS Macon, the U.S. Navy’s giant rigid airships built in Akron, Ohio, with a program on Saturday, April 6 at 11 a.m. at the Akron-Summit County Main Library.
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Source: AlaskaDispatch.com
By: Laurel Andrews
Further details emerge about the Skyship mission.