Category Archives: Airships

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Preserves a Home Video of the Graf Zeppelin

Posted on August 14, 2014 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (oscars.org) has posted a home video taken of the Graf Zeppelin during the 1929 visit to Los Angeles to their YouTube channel.

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The USS Akron, a rigid airship that crashed in 1933, will be preserved on film

Posted on August 13, 2014 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: The Plain Dealer – cleveland.com By Karen Farkas, The Plain Dealer Films documenting the history of the USS Akron, a helium-filled U.S. Navy rigid airship that crashed in 1933, killing 76, will be preserved by the University of Akron.

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New Zeppelins: Giants of the Skies Return

Posted on July 23, 2014 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: The Wall Street Journal – online.wsj.com Blimps are back, with the ability to carry massive payloads cost-efficiently. But can the industry really rebuild itself? By: Robert Wall

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Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson Talks about World’s Largest Aircraft: Airlander

Posted on July 22, 2014 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: blabbermouth.net Bruce Dickinson, lead singer of the British heavy metal band IRON MAIDEN and founder of Cardiff Aviation Ltd., spoke to Bloomberg Television on the second day of the Farnborough International Airshow in Farnborough, U.K. on Tuesday, July 15. You … Continue reading →

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New Blimp to be Christened ‘Wingfoot’ One

Posted on July 22, 2014 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: TireBusiness.com Goodyear’s newest airship will be christened “Wingfoot One,” the name selected by popular vote from among 10 names picked earlier by a panel of Goodyear judges.

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