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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: Dirigible
March 1936: First flight of the Hindenburg
Source: The Engineer – theengineer.co.uk By Stuart Nathan The maiden test flights of the Zeppelin Hindenburg gave no hint of the disaster to come
Goodyear’s New Blimp-NT Undergoes Ground Tests
Goodyear’s new airship, built by Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik (ZLT) in Friedrichshafen, Germany and assembled by Goodyear at Wingfoot Lake in Ohio is going through ground tests leading up to its maiden flight which is scheduled to take place later this month.
WWI airship R34 arrived too late to see action
Source: eveningtimes.co.uk By: Stef Lach She was the majestic airship built in Renfrewshire to aid the First World War effort – but this lady arrived a little too late to the party.
Posted in Airships, Dirigible, History
Tagged airship, dirigible, National Museums Scotland, R34, World War I
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Oversize Cargo – The New Goodyear Passenger Gondola
Source: Zeppelin Brief With the sale in 2011 of three Zeppelin NTs to Goodyear, the U.S. tire manufacturer, Zeppelin Luftschiff-technik GmbH & Co. (ZLT) landed the largest contract in its history.
Namesake of Macon (GA), Giant Airship Lacks Local Tribute
Source: The Telegraph/macon.com By Jim Gaines A model ship in a large glass display case dominates the lobby of the former Macon City Hall: the USS Macon, a World War II-era cruiser named for the city. Yet that was not … Continue reading
Posted in Airships, Dirigible, Historical
Tagged airship, Macon GA, USS Macon, ZRS-5
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