Donate
00 Virtual Museum
- Dr. & Mrs. A. Dale Topping L-T-A Museum Virtual Museum of the Lighter-Tan-Air Society’s Collection
01 Other Museums and Exhibits
- MAPS Air Museum – North Canton, Ohio MAPS Air Museum – Including the Control Car from the Goodyear blimp Spirit of Akron
- Summit Memory View The Lighter Than Air Society’s collection on Summit Memory
03 Associations
- Naval Airship Assn. Home of the Naval Airship Association
- Northeast Ohio Balloon Pilots Association
Category Archives: Blimps
Pentagon Seeks Blimps That Can Detect Threats for Saudi Arabia
Source: Bloomberg Government – bgov.com By Cameron Leuthy The Pentagon is seeking vendors that can supply Saudi Arabia with moored blimps, fifteen months after the U.S. State Department approved a possible $525 million Foreign Military Sale to the country.
Posted in Aerostats, Airships, Blimps
Tagged aerostat, blimp, JLENS, Lockheed Martin, raytheon, surveillance blimp, TCOMM LP, Tethered blimp
Leave a comment
Goodyear’s newest zeppelin will take to the skies this summer
Source: Cleveland.com – cleveland.com By Jennifer Conn Blimp-enthusiasts might not immediately be able to tell the difference, but the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.’s newest airships are not blimps – they’re semi-rigid zeppelins.
Posted in Airships, Blimps, Dirigible, Semi-Rigid
Tagged airship, Akron, blimp, Blimp Hangar, Blimp NT, Carson Airship Base, Carson California, dirigible, goodyear, Goodyear blimp, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., GZ-20A, Pompano Beach, Pompano Beach Airship Base, Thomarios, Wingfoot Lake, Wingfoot One, Wingfoot Two, zeppelin
Leave a comment
Skier Gets Towed by Blimp for Nearly 7 Miles on Lake Elsinore, Sets New World Record
Source: The Press-Enterprise – pe.com By Shane Newell A new world record for the longest-distance blimp skiing has been set at Lake Elsinore.
Posted in Airships, Blimps
Tagged airship, blimp, T-Mobile Blimp, Water skiing towed by an airship, World Record
Leave a comment
York Man Piloted the Longest Nonstop Blimp Flight Ever
Source:York Daily Record – ydr.com By Mike Argento Robert Bowser joined the Navy in November 1941, a month before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.