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“Learning by Rote” Source: News-Journal.com Longview TX By Angela Ward Shannon Rote and Susan Stamats were easy to spot at this week’s U.S. National Hot Air Balloon Championships: They were the only two women pilots among the 50 competitors.

The Lighter-Than-Air Society was founded on December 10, 1952. To celebrate this event, throughout the year we will be adding new features to our website, with an emphasis on History. Visit our History pages (click on History on the Navigation … Continue reading →

Source: Zeppelin Brief While building the SN002R, Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik (ZLT) has also ordered parts for the new Goodyear airships and has started to work on them. For example, the wiring bundles manufactured by ZLT have been installed in the rear … Continue reading →

Source: Zeppelin Brief On April 27, 2012, after only ten months of construction the airship “Bodensee” flew again for the first time. As a rebuild, kept its original Zeppelin NT serial number adding an “R” (SN002R). Through 2010, the airship … Continue reading →

Source: masslive.com By Kathryn Roy WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. — The restoration of the only surviving example of a World War II Goodyear blimp control car is nearing completion, some 20 years after it started, at the New England Air Museum … Continue reading →