Category Archives: Airships

In Broadcast First, Two Goodyear Blimps to Provide Aerial Television Coverage of Same Game

Posted on November 8, 2013 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. — Pair of blimps will cover Virginia Tech at Miami college football matchup

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Army Lets Air Out of Battlefield Spyship Project

Posted on October 23, 2013 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: Los Angeles Times By W.J. Hennigan After spending $297 million to develop a craft that could hover over an area as long as three weeks, the Pentagon quietly sold it for $301,000 to its maker.

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Blimp duo ‘dances with wind’ in South Florida skies

Posted on October 23, 2013 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source:Sun Sentinel By Robert Nolin, Sun Sentinel Lucky observers who cast eyes skyward Tuesday afternoon caught a rare sight: two massive Goodyear blimps performing maneuvers over South Florida’s coastline.

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Raytheon Tests System Using Blimps, to Enhance Radar for F-15 Fighter Pilots Using Air-to-Air Missiles

Posted on October 16, 2013 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: International Business Times By David Kashi Floating 10,000 feet (3.048 m) in the air, a 240-foot (73 m) blimp can detect, track and target a variety of threats in a system developed by Raytheon Co., the Massachusetts-based defense and … Continue reading →

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Goodyear-Branded Blimp ‘Overloaded’ In 2011 Crash in Germany

Posted on October 14, 2013 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: Aviation Week & Space Technology By John Croft A highly experienced pilot of a Goodyear-branded airship that fell to the ground in flames in Riechelsheim, Germany, in June 2011 appears to have been responsible in part for the errors … Continue reading →

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