Category Archives: Airships

Lock Failure Caused Airlander Collapse at Bedfordshire Base

Posted on July 14, 2018 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: BBC News – bbc.co.uk The world’s longest aircraft detached from its moorings and collapsed after a locking mechanism was not inserted correctly, a report has said.

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Learn More about the Airship ROMA Disaster at This Event

Posted on July 14, 2018 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: Hampton Newport News Daily – hnndaily.com The Warwick County Historical Society speaker series will continue with their next topic, The Airship ROMA Disaster in Hampton Roads, on July 18.

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New Zeppelin NT to be Built in Friedrichshafen

Posted on July 4, 2018 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: Zeppelin Brief This summer, Zeppelin Luftschiff-technik GmbH (ZLT) will begin re-erecting the Zeppelin NT – msn 004.

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Goodyear’s New Wingfoot Three Takes to the Skies

Posted on June 26, 2018 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: Akron Beacon Journal – ohio.com New: View video at the end of the post By Jim Mackinnon Goodyear’s newest blimp is flying. Wingfoot Three took off about 8:55 a.m. Monday into the rising sun at the Wingfoot Lake blimp … Continue reading →

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Goodyear’s Wingfoot Three Airship Debuts on First Day of Summer

Posted on June 21, 2018 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: Akron Beacon Journal – Ohio.com By Jim Mackinnon Goodyear’s newest airship, Wingfoot Three, debuted outdoors on the first day of summer.

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