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NASA floats million-dollar airship prize for 20-20-20 vision

Source: The Register – theregister.co.uk By Richard Chirgwin Balloons wanted: must stay 20km high for 20 hours and return 20kg payload.

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Appliances Online Launches Huge Blimp to Symbolize Confidence in Economy

Source: mumbrella.com.au Appliances Online is promoting its brand with a maiden blimp flight of the largest blimp in the Southern hemisphere in an effort to convey the brand’s confidence in the Australian economy.

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Zhuhai Air Show to Feature Chinese Typhoon-Resistant Airship

Source: Want China Times – wantchinatimes.com An airship developed by the state-owned China Electronics Technology Group Corporation that can hover 1,000 meters above the ground for more than two weeks is set to debut at this year’s Zhuhai Airshow in … Continue reading

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The Graf Zeppelin’s First intercontinental Flight (1928) and the World’s First Aerial Stowaway

Source: CNN Travel – cnn.com/travel The World’s First Aerial Stowaway In 1928, 19-year-old Clarence Terhune became a sensation in Germany, after stowing away on the return leg of the maiden flight of the Graf Zeppelin, flying from Lakehurst, New Jersey … Continue reading

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R101: The anniversary of Bedford’s greatest tragedy

Source:  Bedfordshire on Sunday – bedfordshire-news.co.uk By Judy Riley In the late autumn of 1929, little Donald Clarke posed for a photo with his brother, Reginald, in front of the R101. Little did he know then that, some 80 years later, … Continue reading

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