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Other Blimp Resources, Links, and Information
The Society's mission is to preserve the distinguished history of Navy Lakehurst, the Lighter Than Air [LTA] Program and the worlds first international airport. Museum, tours, slide presentations, lectures and LTA memorabilia are available through the Society. This site has the best overall history details I have found on LTA and Lakehurst Naval Air Station.
"Naval Airship
Association"
A dynamic site with everything you need
concerning past and on-going navy airship operations, reunions, and etc.
"Weeksville U.S.
Naval Air Station"
History and great photos of another
important blimp base in North Carolina.
"Airship Association"
Very significant British-based organization.
"Airship Squadron 14"
A rare look at the historical record of K-ships and heroic crews in WWII.
ZEPPELIN Site
Zeppelin history and photos as well as present
happenings in lighter-than-air industry. An excellent resource for LTA subjects.
The Zeppelin Library
Archive
One of the best sites on the Net for
information on the early lighter-than-airships in the 20's and 30's.
American
Blimp Corporation
A dynamic site with good information, history, and pictures of modern blimps.
Airship and Blimp Consultant
This airship site is mostly about Skyships and it is also something of a tribute to the late Roger Munk, Skyship series designer and to the late George Spyrou, CEO of Airship management services.
Lightship Group
Great pictures of those brightly painted and
glowing lightships.
"Hindenburg Crash Site Memorial"
Visit the Hindenburg crash site at Lakehurst.
National
Air and Space Museum
A great place to spend a rainy
day.
Ride the Goodyear blimp
Take a virtual ride (even with sounds) on the
Akron with Eric Nuzum
Airship Ventures
Airship Ventures flies a Zeppelin NT airship around the SF Bay Area for daily sight seeing flights, advertising operations, corporate and event occasions and scientific missions.
Blimps Make People Happy!
Checkout this site and see if these model radio
controlled blimps make the "big kid" in you smile and want to fly one, too.
Welcome to NavyOnLine.
A gateway to United States Department of the Navy
online resources.
Naval Historical
Center
A great site where Navy buffs can reminisce.
Puget Sound Airship Society
A small group of airship afficianados who live in western Washington State, on the Pacific coast of the United States. Their mission is to generate interest in commercial passenger airship service throughout the Pacific Northwest.
A ceramic airship teapot!
This web site has the perfect gift for your tea drinking friends.
Virtual Helium Web Site
Learn the fascinating story about
the lifting gas used in airships.
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