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--- Lighter-Than-Air ---
Airship and Blimp Resources
- Several avenues of airship exploration. An excellent source
of lta information.
Airship Association
- "The only worldwide body catering solely for people interested
in powered lighter-than-air aviation."
Airship: DJ's Zeppelin
Page
- Photograph library of the Graf Zeppelin, Hindenburg, Los
Angeles, Shenandoah, and Akron
Airship
Gallery
Japanese children: airship enthusiasts.
Airship
Hangars at Orly, France
- Eugene Freyssinet, architect. Sheldon Berg and Edward Running,
authors.
Airship Ventures
Offering passenger flights in a Zeppelin
NT in the San Francisco
area!
Airships
1896 - 1913
A good primer.
Akron
(ZRS-4)
- ftp. A brief textfile history of the USN Akron.
Albuquerque International
Balloon Fiesta
- Still going strong in New Mexico.
American Blimp Company
- One of the leading blimp manufacturers, based in Hillsboro,
Oregon
Anatomy of
a Blimp
Way cool!
Augusta
- Airship Hangar History
Home to Europe's one reinforced cement airship hangar.
Italy
Bosch Aerospace
Remote-controlled full-size civilian and military
blimps.
Death
of a Dirigible
John Toland's account of the demise of the USS Shenandoah.
Dirigibles,
Airships, and Blimps
- By R. D. Layman, author of: Naval Aviation in the First
World War: Its Impact and Influence. To be jointly published
Sep-1996 by Chatham Publishing, London and the Naval Institute
Press, Annapolis
Dirigibles:
Misundersandig and Myths
An introduction to the wold of airships
Eric's "I rode the
Goodyear Blimp" website
The few, the proud, the very, very lucky
Ezekiel
Airship Company
A 1901 East Texas airship?
FAA/ATT
Library Files
Includes lta pdf files
G.
Wright - Airships
Books, videos, drawings, collectables,and an online
catalog and order form.
Goodyear Blimp
- Revised, very informative site from the friendly skies of
Akron. Goodyear owns and operates three blimps --
Hindenburg:
An Illustrarted History
- Time-Warner's very informative site for the Rick Archbold
book. Mysretious out of print.
Hindenburg
Disaster (audio)
- Via Old Time Radio. Demise of the LZ129 and interviews
with survivors, recorded 6 May 1937 (7' 19" out of the original
39' 4" recording) by Herb Morrison. RealAudio used to have
the complete recording available online.
Hindenburg
Disaster (Bain theory)
Via the California Hydrogen Business Council
Hindenburg
Disaster (crash site)
This is where it happened. Roadside America's trivia
and some local tourist information.
Hindenburg Disaster
(FBI)
- FBI investigations of the Lakehurst tragedy. Four pdf
files containing 337 pages of documentation.
Hindenburg
Disaster (video)
- Short QT clip of the final seconds of the Hindenburg.
Remember, 2/3 of the people on board survived.
Hindenburg
Photos
Two photos from a family album.
Hugo
Eckener: A History
- We have within our area about history of the city ("Stadtgeschichte")
49 photographs with text about Hugo
Eckener. Please click there "Bildserie" on the left menu.
Lighter-Than-Air Society
- Homepage for Buoyant Flight, based
in Akron, Ohio
Lightship Group
- US manufacturer of internally-lit blimps
LTA USA
The website for U.S. Navy airships.
Metlife Blimp
- Evertything you wanted to know about the MetLife Blimp.
On their navbar, go to 'about us' -- there at the bottom is
the current link to the Metlife Blimp. Use their search engine.
I guess the simple url was to simple.
NAS
Moffett
- A history of the former western home of US airships
NAS
Richmond
- Home of the 25 ships of ZP-21 (Patrol, Airship Squadron
21).
NAS Weeksville
- Historical home of past and contemporary airships
Naval Airship Association,
Inc.
- Non-private, non-profit center for U.S. Navy LTA experience
Navy Lakehurst Historical
Society
NLHS has pulled together resources and programs to
preserve the history of the US international airport.
Nobo
Homepage
Norbert Erbe's personal website about the Zeppelin
Museum in Neu-Isenburg-Zeppelinheim
Popular Mechanics
Visit the site and do a keyword search, eg: airship,
zeppelin, etc.
Promotion Dirigeables
Marvin's French Airship Association -- in English
and French
Promotional
Information Group
- Advertising RC blimps
RAD
NV: Rigid Airship Design
The Netherlands entry into passenger airships.
RosAeroSystems --
Russian Aeronautial Systems, Ltd
Airships in Russia today!
Russian
Aeronauts in World War II
Information about Soviet-era airships
Salmon
Fishing Woman
Prepare for that first image. Wow.
Schütte - Lanz
- Homepage for the Luftschiffbau Schütte-Lanz
Soloman Andrews
- The first dirigible? 1863?
Stereoscopic
Images of Lighter Than Air Flight
Balloon and Airship Stereoscopic Photographs.
University
of Virginia Solar Airship Program
- Created in 1994 to provide education and training to students
through the development and construction of airships.
Vimanas
- Indian HTA & LTA lore will really enjoy: The Story of
Vimanas -- India's Tradition of Flying Machines
Worldwide Aeros
- The wide world of aerostats
Zeppelin
- Airships of the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin
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Zeppelin
Library Archive
- A very informative site about Zeppelins past and future
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- Zeppelin LZ N07
Multimission Airship
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- The official website of Zeppelin
Luftschifftechnik GmbH!
Zeppelins
1898 - 1913
A history of the early Zeppelins.
Zeppelins:
Monsters of the Purple Twilight
- The role of Zeppelins in World War I
--- Aviation Museums Online ---
National Air & Space
Museum (Smithsonian)
- Multilayered, fascinating, and informative.
Canadian
Museum of Flight
A good place to visit for information about Canadian
aircraft.
R100 in Canada
- Written by Dr. Renald Fortier for the National Aviation
Museum, Canada. Their R100 webpages are gone. Use their search
engine to find the pdf file. Use their digital
archives to find the separate images.
United
States Air Force Museum
- An information page about the Wright-Patterson AFB facility
in Dayton, Ohio. The museum does have a barage balloon and
a small model of the LZ1 on display.
--- General Aviation Resources ---
Air & Space Smithsonian
Homepage
- Air & Space Smithsonian Magazine -- outstanding!
Aviation
Server
- FAA, FAR, archives, gophers, etc..
Aviation
Databases
- Rules, regs, alerts, etc pertaining to aviation.
Aviation
Images
- A central site for aviation-related photographs.
Rosebud's
WWI and Early Aviation Image Archive
Aeroplanes and Airships before 1920
Sunrise/Sunset/Twilight
and Moonrise/Moonset/Phase
- Most interesting!
Weather
Information
- Global links for-to-date weather information.
--- Related Commercial Items ---
Andrew Hess: Illustration & Animation
- Computer graphic design featuring the Graf Zeppelin and
Hindenburg.
Where'd he go? He's very good!
Boulder Blimp Company
Giant continuous air inflatables used for advertising.
Burton
R. Dodge
Painter of blimp exteriors -- really
Early
Aircraft Drawings
including 30 airships
Inside the Graf Zeppelin
- 3D reproductions from the National Stereoptic Association.
Luftschiff:
Zeppelin Combat
- WW1 aerial combat board game for one or two players.
Microsft Flight Simumlator
- Zeppelin freeware add-ons for Fight Simulator.
Papmobil
- Paper model airship kits for sale include: Zeppelin NZ,
LZ N07, Solarluftschiff, LOTTE, GRAF ZEPPELIN, LOS ANGELES
Valhalla
Aerostation
- Buyers and sellers of all materials pertaining to LTA flight.
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