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- 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
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Tag Archives: Airdock
MOVIE TIME! – Friday October 23, 2015
Featuring the USS Akron, the Akron Airdock and Navy Day On Friday, October 23 from 1:00 to 5:00 PM (the day before our Annual Banquet), Vic Fleischer, director of the University of Akron Archival Services, cordially invites you to view … Continue reading
Posted in Airships, Dirigible, History, Movies, Rigid airship
Tagged Airdock, airship, Akron, dirigible, goodyear, Navy Day, U Akron Archival Services, University of Akron, USS Akron
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Lockheed Martin Aerostat Flies over the Akron Airdock
As announced in our post of August 19, Lockheed Martin has been flying a tethered Aerostat next to the Akron Airdock, near the Akron Fulton airport.
Posted in Aerostats, Airships
Tagged aerostat, Airdock, Akron, Akron Fulton Airport, Lockheed Martin, surveillance blimp, unmanned airship
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Large tethered aerostat to make regular appearances over Akron Fulton airport
Source: Akron Beacon Journal – ohio.com By Jim Mackinnon Lockheed Martin will begin flying a large tethered aerostat – a small blimp – over Akron Fulton International Airport next week.
Posted in Aerostats, Airships
Tagged aerostat, Airdock, Akron, Akron Fulton Airport, blimp, Lockheed Martin
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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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To all those who contributed
Our 62nd Annual Banquet and Silent Auction a Success! Over 70 people attended our banquet and were treated to an amazing presentation by Michael Dougherty, Goodyear’s Assistant Chief Pilot. The evening included the presentation of two Lighter-Than-Air Society’s awards and … Continue reading
Posted in Annual Banquet, Events
Tagged Airdock, Akron, blimp, Blimp NT, goodyear, New Goodyear Airship NT, Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik, ZLT
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