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- 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
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Category Archives: Balloons
Two Eagles Bests Duration Record
Source: Two Eagles website – pacificballoon.com At 7:29 this morning [January, 30 2015] MST (1429 UTC), the Two Eagles balloon passed the absolute world record for time aloft (duration) for gas balloons of 137 hours, 5 minutes, 50 seconds, set … Continue reading
Balloonists surpass world distance record
Source: BBC – BBC.com Two pilots have surpassed the world distance record for a flight in a helium balloon after crossing the Pacific Ocean.
Balloon crew aiming to break records at last launches
Source: Albuquerque Journal – abqjournal.com After experiencing delays earlier this month, an international team aiming to break two major ballooning records finally launched a helium-filled balloon Sunday.
A Photovoltaic Balloon Could Bring Electricity to Disaster Zones
Source: Smithsonian Magazine – smithsonianmag.com By Joni Blecher, XPRIZE contributor smithsonian.com Moored to a base with batteries, the Zephyr collects enough solar energy to power 15 relief tents and a telecommunications network
Google Continues to Make Progress on Project Loon
Read two articles regarding the progress that Google is making on Project Loon, a system of stratospheric helium balloons to provide Wi-Fi connectivity to remote areas. Source: The Independent – independent.co.uk Up, Up and Away on Google’s Wi-Fi Balloon