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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
Tag Archives: airship
Pilot Plans to Bring Zeppelins to Dubai
Source: Aviation Week – Show News – aviationweek.com By: Angus Batey Whoever said dreaming is free has clearly never spoken to Capt. Khalid Al-Ansari. The Emirati pilot, who flies transport aircraft for the government, has spent “enough money to build … Continue reading
Posted in Airships, Dirigible, Semi-Rigid
Tagged airship, airship tourism, dirigible, Spirit of the Emirates, zeppelin, Zeppelin NT
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Helium fill and floatation mark new milestones for Airlander’s return to flight
Source: The Engineer – theengineer.co.uk The world’s largest aircraft reached another milestone over the weekend when it received its first helium fill and was floated for the first time.
Posted in Airships, Blimps, Hybrid Airships
Tagged Airlander, airship, Cardington Hangars, Hybrid Air Vehicles Ltd., hybrid airship
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Model maker spent $47,000 building a fully-functional zeppelin
Source: Daily Mail – dailymail.co.uk By Qin Xie A man from Ningling, central China, has successfully built a zeppelin so he could make his childhood dream of flying a reality.
Rare Archival Airship Films Have Been Digitized and Are Available for Viewing
The Archival Services of the University of Akron have digitized four nitrate films that form part of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. records stored at the university. The videos were first transferred from highly combustible nitrate to safety film … Continue reading
Posted in Airships, Dirigible, Hangars and Sheds, Historical, Movies, Rigid airship
Tagged Airdock, airship, Akron, dirigible, goodyear, Navy Day, USS Akron
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Airship Autopsy – Before the Hindenburg, there was the Shenandoah
Source: MIT News Magazine/MIT Technology Review – technologyreview.com By Michael Greshko and SM ’15 Just before dawn on September 3, 1925, the Shenandoah, an airship that was over two football fields long and constructed from an alloy of copper and … Continue reading