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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
- 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: dirigible
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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MOVIE TIME! – Friday October 23, 2015
Featuring the USS Akron, the Akron Airdock and Navy Day On Friday, October 23 from 1:00 to 5:00 PM (the day before our Annual Banquet), Vic Fleischer, director of the University of Akron Archival Services, cordially invites you to view … Continue reading
Posted in Airships, Dirigible, History, Movies, Rigid airship
Tagged Airdock, airship, Akron, dirigible, goodyear, Navy Day, U Akron Archival Services, University of Akron, USS Akron
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90th anniversary of the loss of USS Shenandoah commemorated in Ava
By Eric Brothers The loss of the U.S. Navy rigid airship USS Shenandoah and 14 of her crew over southern Ohio on Sept, 3, 1925 was remembered in a ceremony on Sept. 6, 2015, near where the dirigible broke up … Continue reading
Save the Date: August 1: A special program commemorating the loss of the USS Shenandoah
On August 1, 2015 at 11:00 AM, The Lighter-Than-Air Society will present a free program titled “The Heroes of the Shenandoah” in the Auditorium of the Akron-Summit County Main Library, 60 South High Street, Akron, Ohio. Free parking is available … Continue reading
Posted in Airships, Dirigible, Events, History, Rigid airship
Tagged airship, dirigible, Judi Tarowsky, Noble County Ohio, rigid airship, storyteller, USS Shenandoah
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I’m Building Airships to Fly over the Amazon
Source: New Scientist – newscientist.com By Adrian Barnett The rainforests of Brazil offer huge transport challenges, so Marcelo Felippes is developing a retro, greener approach.
Posted in Airships, Semi-Rigid
Tagged airship, Airship do Brasil, dirigible, Semi-ridgid airship
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