Airship Update #7

Airship Updates is back with more news about those wonderful whales of the skies:

Blue plaque unveiling to commemorate the bombing by Zeppelin air ship in Great Yarmouth.

The Sunrise!  A thermal-powered, eco-friendly ariship.

World's Largest Airship Available to New Sponsor for First Time in Two Years at Market Watch.

The future or Arctic travel?  Canada thinks so.

If Canada can do it, why not Australia?

Links in the Air

Andy Lester thrilled residents by bringing a dirigible to Stuart in 1930 by Alice L. and Greg E. Luckhardt at TC Palm.

Argus One airship undergoes initial testing by Defense Systems.

The Fate of the K-14: Navy inquiry was fast, ignored key evidence by Earl Brechlin at Fence Viewer.

No Airship Was Safe From Nora by Jack Marsh at the North West Evening Mail.

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Mitro is founder, editor and contributor of Alternate History Weekly Update. When he is not busy writing about his passion for alternate history, he spends his time working as a licensed attorney in the state of Illinois and dreams of being a published author himself one day.

Airship Update #5

Look up in the sky...

The US Navy's new blimp lands in Edgewater for the Army-Navy game, which the Navy won!

The Farmers Insurance-sponsored airship was seen hovering over the Town of Los Gatos the afternoon of Wednesday, Dec. 14.

University of Manitoba professor's airship is unveiled with the goal of being used to move goods and equipment to remote communities in Canada's north.

The gondola of the "Sky Whale" airship unveiled in Winnipeg that could carry goods to remote northern communities.

Airship Update #4

More from the wide world of airships...

Airship Ventures flight attendant Anthony Dizon enjoys the breeze by sticking his head out the rear window of the Eureka, a commercial zeppelin run that gives tours to paying passengers.

The airship used by Lei Xiang on December 4 to fly 577 meters above the ground to beat the world record set by the BX-2.

The Germany Society for Air and Space Travel held an airship workshop in Aachen, Germany last month.  To coincide with the event, a group of European airship modelers held an "Airship Regatta" at the same time.  Thanks to Up Ship! for informing me us about this event.

Airships, like the one above, may be responsible for carrying cargo in the Arctic as climate change makes ice roads no longer viable.

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