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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: Helium Balloons
The Physics of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloons
Source: Wired – wired.com By Rhett Allain Have you ever seen a child with a balloon? It’s fun to watch. Kids pay attention to the world around them: They know that when you let go of something, it falls. Balloons … Continue reading
Posted in Balloons, Helium Balloons
Tagged Character balloons, helium balloon, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
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Fyodor Konyukhov to Circle Earth in Balloon in New Record Attempt
Source: Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.com By Oleg Krasnov Russian traveler announces attempt to break time set by Steve Fossett in 2002.
Alphabet’s Stratospheric Loon Balloons to Start Serving Internet to Indonesia
Source: MIT Technology Review – technologyreview.com By Tom Simonite The high-flying Internet balloons dreamed up by Google will get their biggest test yet in 2016. New ways to deliver Internet connectivity could help the billions of people who don’t have … Continue reading
Google Is Testing Its Internet Balloons in a Huge Freezer
Source: Wired – wired.com By Cade Metz Mahesh Krishnaswamy looks for leaks in Google balloons. He works on Project Loon, Google’s ambitious plan to deliver Internet service from enormous balloons floating in the stratosphere.
Posted in Balloons, Helium Balloons, Stratospheric Balloons
Tagged Eglin Air Force Base, Google, Google internet-beaming balloons, Google Loon Project, Hangar One, helium balloon, high altitude helium balloons, McKinley Climatic Laboratory, Moffett Field, Project Loon, Stratospheric balloon
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Google’s Project Loon Improves Balloon Launching and Interaction
Google’s Project Loon Gets ‘Autolauncher’, Mesh Networking Source: PCMag.com By David Murphy Google’s Internet-delivering stratospheric balloons now need far fewer ground stations for their connections.