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Army Lets Air Out of Battlefield Spyship Project

Source: Los Angeles Times By W.J. Hennigan After spending $297 million to develop a craft that could hover over an area as long as three weeks, the Pentagon quietly sold it for $301,000 to its maker.

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Blimp duo ‘dances with wind’ in South Florida skies

Source:Sun Sentinel By Robert Nolin, Sun Sentinel Lucky observers who cast eyes skyward Tuesday afternoon caught a rare sight: two massive Goodyear blimps performing maneuvers over South Florida’s coastline.

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Goodyear-Branded Blimp ‘Overloaded’ In 2011 Crash in Germany

Source: Aviation Week & Space Technology By John Croft A highly experienced pilot of a Goodyear-branded airship that fell to the ground in flames in Riechelsheim, Germany, in June 2011 appears to have been responsible in part for the errors … Continue reading

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Cloud Lab Floats across Texas

Source: Houston Chronicle   chron.com On Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, Cloud Lab, the world’s largest airship, stopped at Scholes International Airport in Galveston as it is flying coast-to-coast across the U.S. on a month-long expedition for the BBC Two series.

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Bud Blimp Returns to St. Louis

Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch By Lisa Brown Anheuser-Busch’s ‘Designate a Driver’ Budweiser blimp is capping off a 17-week tour with a visit to St. Louis.

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