Category Archives: Airships

Second Goodyear Airship Being Built at Wingfoot Lake Blimp Base

Posted on January 24, 2015 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: Akron Beacon Journal – Ohio.com By Jim Mackinnon – Beacon Journal business writer Goodyear has started building a second semi-rigid Zeppelin airship inside its Wingfoot Lake blimp base.

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NASA Study Proposes Airships, Cloud Cities for Venus Exploration

Posted on January 22, 2015 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: IEEE Spectrum – spectrum.ieee.org By Evan Ackerman Should crewed exploration of Venus come before we try to go to Mars?

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Goodyear celebrates 60 years of aerial coverage

Posted on January 20, 2015 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: insidesocal.com By Jordan England-Nelson The Federal Aviation Administration is still wringing its hands about the commercial use of unmanned aerial vehicles, but manned blimps have had the FAA’s blessing for over half a century.

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Lockheed sees buyer for hybrid cargo airship in 2015

Posted on November 23, 2014 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: Reuters – Reuters.com By Andrea Shalal Lockheed Martin Corp expects to reach an agreement next year with a launch customer for a giant new hybrid airship that would revolutionize the way oil and mining companies haul equipment to the … Continue reading →

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New Goodyear Blimp NT Approved by the FAA

Posted on November 17, 2014 by LighterThanAirSociety

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved Goodyear’s new airship, the LZ N07-101.

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