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Modern zeppelins may help develop Russia’s regions

Source: Russia Beyond the Headlines (rbth.ru) By: Svetlana Sibina, Rossiyskaya Gazeta Special design cargo airships are being allocated for the delivery of freights across isolated Russian regions

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Lockheed Martin to Certify Giant Airship Next Year

Source: AVweb.com By Mary Grady, Contributing editor Lockheed Martin has been at work on a giant high-lift hybrid airship since at least 2005, and the company now is moving toward certification and first delivery as soon as next year.

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Dawn of the dirigibles: The new age of the airship?

Source: CNN.com By Bryony Jones, CNN Once upon a time, the airship was hailed as the future of flight: as glamorous, luxurious and fashionable as the Art Deco era which marked its heyday.

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Cluster Balloonist Ready for Transatlantic Flight

Source: AVweb.com By Mary Grady, Contributing editor AVweb.com In the far northeast corner of the U.S., near the small town of Caribou, Maine, cluster-balloon pilot Jonathan Trappe is getting ready to fly his unusual lighter-than-air system across the Atlantic.

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Google Launches Internet-beaming Balloons

Source: Associated Press By Nick Perry and Martha Mendoza Wrinkled and skinny at first, the translucent, jellyfish-shaped balloons that Google released this week from a frozen field in the heart of New Zealand’s South Island hardened into shiny pumpkins as … Continue reading →

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