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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
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03 Associations
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Tag Archives: dirigible
Airships Are Coming to the Middle East
Source: AINonline – ainonline.com By Chris Pocock Two projects that would bring airships to the UAE for tourist sightseeing with a difference are being discussed here at the Dubai Airshow.
World’s Longest Aircraft, the Airlander 10 Crashes in a Field Sparking Fears of Helium Gas and Fuel Leaks
Updated with Hybrid Air Vehicles Official Statement (Scroll down to read the official statement) Source: DailyMail – dailymail.co.uk By Sophie Inge The world’s longest aircraft was seriously damaged on Saturday after it slipped its moorings and crashed into a field.
Posted in Airships, Hybrid Airships
Tagged Airlander, airship, Cardington Hangars, dirigible, Hybrid Air Vehicles Ltd., hybrid airship
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Author of New Shenandoah Book to Participate in Buckeye Book Fair in Wooster, Ohio
Author of “The Wreck of the Naval Airship USS Shenandoah” to participate Buckeye Book Fair in Wooster, Ohio. On Saturday, November 4 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Jerry Copas, author of ‘The Wreck of the Naval Airship USS Shenandoah’, … Continue reading
Posted in Airships, Books, Dirigible, Events, Rigid airship
Tagged airship, dirigible, Jerry Copas, Lt. Cdr. Zachary Lansdowne, rigid airship, USS Shenandoah
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Goodyear’s next-generation blimp arrives in Southern California
Source: Daily Breeze – dailybreeze.com By Brennon Dixson A familiar sight returned to the the skies over Southern California on Thursday as Goodyear’s next-generation blimp – a longer, faster, quieter, easier-to-maneuver craft than the one retired in March – cruised … Continue reading
Posted in Airships, Blimps, Semi-Rigid
Tagged airship, Akron, blimp, Blimp Hangar, Blimp NT, Carson Blimp Base, dirigible, goodyear, Goodyear blimp, P.W. Litchfield, Spirit of Innovation, Wingfoot Lake, Wingfoot Two
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Beyond the Hindenburg: Airships Throughout History
Source: The National Archives – archives.gov The dramatic, fiery fate of the German rigid airship LZ-129, the Hindenburg, in 1937 is the most famous event of the airship age.
Posted in Airships, Blimps, Dirigible, Historical, Rigid airship, Semi-Rigid
Tagged airship, blimp, Blimp K-74, Blimpron 14, dirigible, German U-boats, Goodyear Aircraft Company, Helium, Hindenburg, K-Ships, Los Angeles, Lt. Nelson Grills, LZ-129, M-Ships, NAS Lakehurst, NAS Richmond, Naval Air Stations, Squadron ZP-21, U-134, US Navy, World War I, World War II, zeppelin, ZR-3
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