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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: Airships
Navy Airship Returns to Maryland, Virginia, and DC Skies in November
Source: Naval Research Laboratory The U.S. Navy’s only manned airship, a modified American Blimp Corporation A-170 series commercial blimp, will return to the skies of Maryland Nov. 12, to conduct week-long testing of experimental avionics systems.
In Broadcast First, Two Goodyear Blimps to Provide Aerial Television Coverage of Same Game
Source: Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. — Pair of blimps will cover Virginia Tech at Miami college football matchup
Army Lets Air Out of Battlefield Spyship Project
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.
Posted in Airships, Blimps, News
Tagged airship, blimp, Hybrid Air Vehicles Ltd., LEMV, Northrop Grumann, unmanned airship
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Blimp duo ‘dances with wind’ in South Florida skies
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.
Raytheon Tests System Using Blimps, to Enhance Radar for F-15 Fighter Pilots Using Air-to-Air Missiles
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
Posted in Aerostats, Airships, New technology, News
Tagged aerostat, blimp, raytheon, surveillance blimp
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