Tag Archives: airship

Lindstrand Balloons’ Oswestry Factory Closes

Posted on April 15, 2015 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: BBC – bbc.com A hot air balloon company set up by world record-breaker Per Lindstrand has gone into liquidation with the loss of 19 jobs.

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You Can Now Drink Gin in a Flying Cucumber

Posted on April 14, 2015 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: Forbes – forbes.com By Allie Early Dedicated “unusualists” know that William Grant & Sons’ Hendrick’s Gin is no stranger to over-the-top brand events…that being said, this is their craziest (and coolest) venture yet.

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Airlander Receives Environmentally-friendly Transport Funding

Posted on April 14, 2015 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: Flightglobal.com By Beth Stevenson Furthering its campaign to raise the required funds to bring its Airlander 10 airship to flight, Hybrid Air Vehicles has received a €2.5 million ($2.7 million) EU grant that is awarded to environmentally-friendly transport projects.

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Airborne Blimp Advertising Takes to Sky over Sacramento Region

Posted on April 13, 2015 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: The Sacramento Bee – sacbee.com By Bill Lindelof Look, up in the sky: It’s a new thermal airship.

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Gigantic Airship Launches Equity Crowd-funding Drive to Fly Again

Posted on April 1, 2015 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: Engineering and Technology Magazine – eandt.theiet.org By Tereza Pultarova A company behind the world’s largest airship has launched an equity crowd-funding campaign to help raise funds to get its Airlander 10 off the ground again.

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