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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: History
Getting Married On the Fly
Source: Air & Space/Smithsonian – airspacemag.com By Rebecca Maksel Couples who wed in balloons and airplanes. On July 4, 1883, Walter Davis and Rose Kennedy stepped into the basket of a hot air balloon and, after ascending 50 feet, were … Continue reading
Posted in History, Human interest
Tagged Hot air balloons
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February 12, 1935 – February 12, 2015: 80th Anniversary of the Loss of the USS Macon
Eighty years ago, on February 12, 1935 the Navy’s dirigible ZR-5, USS Macon was lost as it crashed into the Pacific Ocean, off Monterey Bay. Read more about the tragic event on Brian Swopes’ This Day in Aviation post. There … Continue reading
Posted in Airships, Dirigible, History, Rigid airship
Tagged airship, USS Macon, ZR-5
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Goodyear celebrates 60 years of aerial coverage
Source: insidesocal.com By Jordan England-Nelson The Federal Aviation Administration is still wringing its hands about the commercial use of unmanned aerial vehicles, but manned blimps have had the FAA’s blessing for over half a century.
Posted in Airships, Blimps, History
Tagged Aerial TV coverage, airship, blimp, goodyear, Goodyear blimps, Rose Bowl, Spirit of America, Tournament of Roses
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The Graf Zeppelin’s First intercontinental Flight (1928) and the World’s First Aerial Stowaway
Source: CNN Travel – cnn.com/travel The World’s First Aerial Stowaway In 1928, 19-year-old Clarence Terhune became a sensation in Germany, after stowing away on the return leg of the maiden flight of the Graf Zeppelin, flying from Lakehurst, New Jersey … Continue reading
Posted in Airships, History, Rigid airship
Tagged aerial stowaway, airship, Clarence Terhune, Graf Zeppelin, zeppelin
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R101: The anniversary of Bedford’s greatest tragedy
Source: Bedfordshire on Sunday – bedfordshire-news.co.uk By Judy Riley In the late autumn of 1929, little Donald Clarke posed for a photo with his brother, Reginald, in front of the R101. Little did he know then that, some 80 years later, … Continue reading
Posted in Airships, Dirigible, History, Rigid airship
Tagged airship, Cardington Hangars, R-101, rigid airship
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