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A professional author, writing a non-fiction book about the USS Macon (ZRS-5), seeks first person (eyewitness) accounts of life aboard the airship. Letters or personal diaries from officers, crew, ground handling personnel etc. would be especially helpful. If you have, … Continue reading →

Source: Airship Ventures Lacking Sponsorship, World’s Largest Passenger Airship Grounded as of Today MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., November 14, 2012 – Airship Ventures, operators of the world’s largest passenger airship, the Zeppelin Eureka, have announced today that despite history-making successes and … Continue reading →

60th Annual Banquet and Silent Auction a Success ! On Saturday, November 10, 2012 The Lighter-Than-Air Society hosted its 60th Annual Banquet and Silent Auction. The event, held at the University of Akron’s Paul Martin Center was a resounding success. Thank … Continue reading →

Source: Ashbury Park Press By Kristi Funderburk SEASIDE HEIGHTS — Seventy-five years after the Hindenburg disaster in Lakehurst, three people stood inside an otherwise empty beach bar to discuss the role the weather played in the airship tragedy.

Source: wired.com By Robert Beckhusen The military’s distant dream of a floating eye in the sky may have become even more distant.