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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: Historical
Rare Archival Airship Films Have Been Digitized and Are Available for Viewing
The Archival Services of the University of Akron have digitized four nitrate films that form part of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. records stored at the university. The videos were first transferred from highly combustible nitrate to safety film … Continue reading
Posted in Airships, Dirigible, Hangars and Sheds, Historical, Movies, Rigid airship
Tagged Airdock, airship, Akron, dirigible, goodyear, Navy Day, USS Akron
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Fighting Zeppelins with Airplanes, 1915
Source: Scientific American – scientificamerican.com By Dan Schlenoff Reported in Scientific American, This Week in World War I: June 26, 1915 After the First World War broke out, airships quickly became a scourge. German Zeppelins bombed Liège and Antwerp in … Continue reading
NUMU, the New Museum – Los Gatos, Announces a Temporary Exhibit about Airships
Source: New Museum Los Gatos – numulosgatos.org The Grand Opening of the New Museum – Los Gatos (NUMU) will be held on Saturday, June 6, 2015. In honor of the GRAND OPENING Saturday June 6, 2015, NUMU will be hosting a … Continue reading
Posted in Airships, Dirigible, Events, Historical, Museum
Tagged airship, Blimp Hangar, Hangar One, Lakehurst Naval Air Station, Moffett Field, New Museum Los Gatos, NUMU, USS Macon
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Goodyear Blimp ‘Pilgrim’ Makes First Flight on June 3, 1925
After having experimented with a series of small Pony blimps in the early 1920’s, The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio designed the first blimp to be inflated with helium. The Pilgrim was completed on May 25, 1925 … Continue reading
Posted in Airships, Blimps, Historical
Tagged Airdock, airship, blimp, goodyear, Pilgrim, Wingfoot Lake
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The Hindenburg Disaster as Reported by the New York Daily News on May 7, 1937
Source: New York Daily News – nydailynews.com (Originally published by the Daily News on May 7, 1937.)
Posted in Airships, Dirigible, Historical, Rigid airship
Tagged airship, Hindenburg, Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New York Daily News, zeppelin
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