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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
Taking war into the skies: The age of the airship
Source: Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.com By Alexander Vershinin Making its first inauspicious appearance during the war of 1812 against Napoleonic France, the airship was later to serve as a vital step in the development of Russian air power, proving … Continue reading
Posted in Airships, Historical
Tagged Air Cruiser, airship, Au-30, blimp, Franz Leppich, Ivan Mantsev, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, RosAeroSystems, World War I
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The USS Akron, a rigid airship that crashed in 1933, will be preserved on film
Source: The Plain Dealer – cleveland.com By Karen Farkas, The Plain Dealer Films documenting the history of the USS Akron, a helium-filled U.S. Navy rigid airship that crashed in 1933, killing 76, will be preserved by the University of Akron.
Posted in Airships, Movies, News
Tagged airship, University of Akron, USS Akron, ZRS-4
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New Zeppelins: Giants of the Skies Return
Source: The Wall Street Journal – online.wsj.com Blimps are back, with the ability to carry massive payloads cost-efficiently. But can the industry really rebuild itself? By: Robert Wall
Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson Talks about World’s Largest Aircraft: Airlander
Source: blabbermouth.net Bruce Dickinson, lead singer of the British heavy metal band IRON MAIDEN and founder of Cardiff Aviation Ltd., spoke to Bloomberg Television on the second day of the Farnborough International Airshow in Farnborough, U.K. on Tuesday, July 15. You … Continue reading