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Novembre
- November 2006. |
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Airship
back in the skies over Bedford Skyship 600 being readied for
promotional tour 14
November 2006
An
airship designed at Cardington took to the skies over Bedfordshire
this week before heading out on a journey to the Middle East.
The Skyship 600 made a striking spectacle on Monday morning while it
was tethered outside the historic Shed Number One, where it has been
undergoing an overhaul during the last few weeks. more>>>
Le
9 Novembre 2006, Le Skyship N-605SK à débuté sa nouvelle compagne
publicitaire pour "Palm-Jumeirah" de Dubai qui accueillera
ses premiers clients en Décembre prochain.
Le
dirigeable baptisé "Spirit of Dubai" était arrivé a
Cardington le 12 Octobre dernier pour recevoir sa nouvelle
décoration.
Avant de ralier Dubai
le blimp SKS600b passera par Londres, Paris, Milan, Rome, Le Caire.
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9 & 10
Novembre |
London |
11 Novembre |
London to Birmingham |
12 & 13 Novembre |
Birmingham & West
Midlands |
14 Novembre |
Birmingham to Surrey |
15 au 20 Novembre |
London & South
West of England |
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Up,
up and away? BBC
News Magazine
Seven
decades after a series of catastrophes ended the age of the airship,
the zeppelin remains an evocative image, and these floating giants
could be due to return.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6135598.stm
Suivez l'aventure du "Spirit of Dubai"
>>> www.spiritofdubai.ae L'un
des pilotes est Mr Peter Buckley qui débuta sa carrière de
pilote de dirigeable, dans les années 70, sur le blimp Goodyear
Europa N2A. |
Septembre
- September 2006. |
La
société russe RosAeroSystems a lancé son nouveau modèle du type
AU-30 fin Septembre. L'appareil
devrait faire partie de l'expédition "POLE-AIRSHIP"
(Mesure de l'épaisseur de la banquise par dirigeable. Voir le
communiqué de presse >>> http://www.recherche.gouv.fr/discours/2006/dppoleairship.pdf
Vendredi 13 octobre 2006, 11h
à l'auditorium >>> http://www.cite-sciences.fr/francais/ala_cite/college/v2/html/2006_2007/conferences/conference_272.htm
)
L'AU-30 devrait faire une apparition en France en
Juin 2007, certainement au Salon de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace
du Bourget.
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Ein
Zeppelin für Kanada?
Ein
Zeppelin NT könnte bis in ein paar Jahren über dem Norden Kanadas
schweben
http://www.suedkurier.de/region/friedrichshafen/art1063,2217884.html?fCMS=62b48a9fe5ed01c4cc6a99d3eec09e98
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New
airship "X station" could revolutionize wireless
(AP) - A new airship "X station" which
could revolutionize wireless communication, broadcast and
surveillance infrastructure worldwide was unveiled this week.>>>more
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LOCKHEED
MARTIN AWARDED $10 MILLION TO DEVELOP DARPA'S STRATOSPHERIC AIRSHIP
FABRIC
AKRON, OH, September 26, 2006 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE:
LMT] has received a contract for approximately $10 million to
further develop advanced material technology and next-generation
hull material for stratospheric airships under the Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency (DARPA)’s Integrated Sensor Is Structure
(ISIS) program>>>more
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Blimp
crashes, gets stuck atop trees; no injuries 26
September 2006
A Hood
blimp crashed into a wooded area Tuesday when the pilot lost rudder
control shortly after takeoff and tried to make an emergency landing
on a nearby beach, authorities said.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/09/26/blimp_crashes_gets_stuck_atop_trees_no_injuries/?p1=MEWell_Pos1
http://www.turnto10.com/news/9938000/detail.html#
Crews
Work To Remove Blimp 27
Septembre 2006
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/9948650/detail.html
Up
a tree without a rudder 28
Septembre 2006
http://www2.townonline.com/beverly/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=583727
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Août
- August 2006. |
7
SEPTEMBRE 2006 :
PRESENTATION
D’UN AERONEF DE CONCEPTION ENTIEREMENT NOUVELLE : L’ALIZE
http://www.operation-lta.com
Pierre Balaskovic et son équipe ont le plaisir de
vous annoncer la présentation d’Alizé hangar Saint Trojan (base
de l’Ecole de Gendarmerie à Rochefort, le 7 septembre 2006, en présence
et avec le parrainage de Josiane Balasko
Sur ces images l'appareil a réalisé son premier saut de puce le
mardi 22 Août 2006 l'ancienne base aéronavale de Rochefort.
Ce
dirigeable "Alizé" est un Aérostat classe 5 Ulm,
Biplace.
Cette
classe de dirigeable permet actuellement de construire des
dirigeables en France et de les faire voler sous les règles
suivantes : à Gaz (hélium) maxi 900 m3, biplace et 110cv. Pour
l'air chaud le volume est de 2500 m3.
Cette
ouverture devrait permettre de voir à nouveau les dirigeables dans
l'hexagone et la possibilité de re-créer une culture dirigeable.
Pierre
Balaskovic est le grand spécialiste du dirigeable lenticulaire, il
a passé 10 années a travailler comme chercheur au C.N.R.S. sur le
sujet. A voir la page >>>
http://www.blimp-n2a.com/prFrance.htm
les projets étudiés par Pierre : Pégase, Titan, Alcyon et
Champlain.
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For
sale: shed
Offers
in the region of £4m wanted for Cardington airship 'hangar'
The
giant structure – which stands 157 feet tall and is 812 feet long
http://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?sectionid=545&articleid=1721610
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Russian
Airship Breaks New Altitude Record
A Russian aeronaut set a new world record Thursday as he lifted
his airship to an altitude of over 8,000 meters. The previous record
of 7,300 meters>>>more
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Could a
Blimp Improve Communications? The Associated Press
Sunday, August 20, 2006
PALMDALE, Calif. -- Bob Jones has a lofty idea for improving
communications around the world: Strategically float robotic
airships above the Earth as an alternative to unsightly telecom
towers on the ground and expensive satellites in space.>>>more
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Le dirigeable "classe 5
Ulm F-03VS" visible dans la région des volcans d'Auvergne.
www.voliris.com
www.classe5ulm.fr |
ISIS
: "Integrated Sensor is Structure"
Several
companies have started work on a prototype airship
that will hover
in the stratosphere. It's basically a blimp
with very large antennas and dishes. This autonomous unmanned sensor
platform will track air and ground targets for the miliarty. The
goal is for it to track even the most advanced cruise missiles and
enemy soldiers from hundreds of miles away. The sensor structure is
called "Integrated Sensor is Structure" (funny name,
right?) or "ISIS"
for short.
http://www.qj.net/ISIS-and-HAA-Near-Space-Airships/pg/49/aid/61319
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The
world’s biggest TV screen and a giant blimp (American Blimp Corp
A170) are part of a
multi-million dollar advertising campaign for Holden’s new VE
Commodore.
http://www.drive.com.au/Editorial/ArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=18964&vf=12
http://www.holden.com.au/www-holden/jsp/campaigns/airship/airshipframe.jsp
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Juillet
- July 2006. |
Nouveau
dirigeable opérationnel dans 2 semaines 29 Juillet 2006
L'unité
spécial Anti-Crime de Trinitad & Tobago (SAUTT) a annoncé dans
un communiqué de presse le 28Juillet 2006, l'achat d'un dirigeable
Skyship 600, contrat de 2.5 million de $
New
airship operationnel in two weeks
The
Special Anti-Crime Unit of Trinidad and Tobago (SAUTT) according in
press yesterday, the Skyship 600 was purchased US$ 2.5
million. http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=160989634
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Le
SKYSHIP 600b de la société Suisse "Skyship
Cruise" à retrouvé les cieux le 25 Juillet de l'aéroport
de Friedrichshafen (Germany). http://www.skoda.de/index.php?mitteilung=443
http://www.skoda-roadshow.de/
Le blimp
commence une campagne publicitaire pour les automobiles
"SKODA" l'opération "RoadShow"
pour la promotion de la nouvelle Skoda "Roomster".
11 Pays
Européens seront survolés par le "Skoda-skyship" http://www.skoda-auto.com/cze/model/roomster/homepage/
http://www.skoda-auto.com/global/showroom/roomster/roadshow/event/event.htm
Prague
(CZ) via Edinburgh (GB), Almere (NL), Hannover (D), Berlin (D), Brno
(CZ), Bratislava (SK), Oberhausen (D), Plzen (CZ), Vienna (A),
Budapest (H), Poznan (PL), Zurich (CH), Leipzig (D), Bresso (I) et
Bron (F) retour Prague (CZ).
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The
Palm Jumeirah airship to set sail for the 'Eighth Wonder of the
World'
Nakheel, the UAE's leading property developer,
will celebrate the arrival of the first residents to The Palm
Jumeirah at the end of this year by bringing one of the world's
largest airships to Dubai.
http://www.ameinfo.com/92516.html
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L'assemblage
du VOLIRIS-900 c'est parfaitement déroulé dans un hangar de
l'aéroport de Rodez (Aveyron).
Le Jeudi 27
Juillet l'appareil prenait les airs en direction des monts d'AUVERGNE
Voir les nouvelles sur
Vulcania
et une société de Dirigeable de l'Allier s'associent pour faire la
promotion du site dans les airs !
Du 29 juillet au 15 août, le Dirigeable
Voliris 900 d'une longueur de 31m, et
d'une hauteur de 15 m, revêtira les couleurs de Vulcania et
survolera les départements de l'Auvergne.
http://www.vulcania.com/fr/linfo-en-continu-vulcania-89.html#2
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Les
blimps Russes AU-12 surveillent le sommet du G8
http://en.g8russia.ru/ |
Telescopes
in the stratosphere: Dartmouth researcher proposes the use of
high-altitude airships for astronomy
Saturday, July 15, 2006
Source: Dartmouth
College
Robert
A. Fesen, professor of physics and astronomy, thinks the time has
come to develop a high-altitude airship for astronomical
observation. >>> more
Télescopes
dans la stratosphère : Le chercheur de Dartmouth propose
l'utilisation des dirigeables de haut-altitude pour l'astronomie
Robert
A. Fesen, professeur de physique d'astronomie, pense que le temps
est venu pour développer un dirigeable de haut-altitude pour
l'observation astronomique.
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Ride
of a lifetime awaits inlet boat parade winner
Two
tickets for a blimp ride on Saturday, Sept. 30 will be given to the
overall boat parade winner. Winners will be selected in several
categories, with the overall winner selected by the judges on the
evening of the parade.
www.thecoaststar.com/tourism/tourism.html
Vol
en dirigeable pour les 2 gagnants de la parade des bateaux.
Deux
billets pour un dirigeable souple montent le samedi, septembre 30
seront donnés au gagnant global de défilé de bateau.
http://www.thecoaststar.com/weekly/2006/07.13.06/blimp.html
http://www.manasquan-nj.com/public/temp/Inlet Events.pdf
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New
"Paint-On Antenna" Flies Successfully on Sierra Nevada
Corporation Techsphere Airship July
13, 2006 Source: Cyber
Defense Systems, Inc.
the
test flights of the new generation "paint-on" antenna
technology on board the SA-60 Spherical Airship were successful June
21, 2006 in the Nevada desert. >>> more
Nouveau
"Paint-On Antenna" vole avec succès sur la Sierra Nevada
du dirigeable de la société Techsphere
Les vols
d'essai de la nouvelle génération "Paint-On" la
technologie d'antenne à bord du dirigeable SA-60 sphérique se sont
déroulés avec succès le 21 Juin 2006 dans le désert du
Nevada. http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=20336
http://www.techsphere.us/
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http://www.stern.de/lifestyle/reise/deutschland/:Zeppelin-Fahrt-Der-Riese/565365.html |
Schweizer
entwickeln fliegende Handy-Antenne
Suisses
développent l'antenne de mobilophone volante
Remplacement
pour des stations terrestres impopulaires
http://futurezone.orf.at/it/stories/119604/
Une
équipe suisse des scientifiques et de l'entrepreneur Kamal Alavi a
développé une antenne de mobilophone volante. Le "X-Station"
doit remplacer les antennes au sol dans plus de 21'000 mètres
hauteur. http://tagesschau.sf.tv/nachrichten/archiv/2006/06/28/vermischtes/38262
Vidéo
>>>> http://tagesschau.sf.tv/video/view/28932/1
http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/feature/detail/Mobile_phone_airship_to_conquer_stratosphere.html?siteSect=108&sid=6873540
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Envols
à Meudon
Les 1er et
2 juillet, Meudon célèbre son passé aéronautique, plus
précisément aérostatique avec un programme riche et animé pour
s’envoler vers l’été et les vacances.
http://www.ville-meudon.fr/actualites/pdf/depliant_envol.pdf
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Juin
- June 2006. |
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All-Seeing
Blimp on the Rise
Darpa, along with the Air Force Research Lab, just handed Lockheed Martin the latest in a $42.5 million series of contracts to develop components the uber-blimp. If all goes well -- and that's a big, fat if -- the ISIS could fly by 2011.
Dirigeable Voyant
d'en haut
Darpa, avec le Laboratoire de Recherche de l'US-AirForce,
et Lockheed Martin. Si tout va bien - ce grand et gros
dirigeable - l'ISIS pourrait voler à 2011.
http://www.defensetech.org/archives/002541.html
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'Innovation'
floats home Goodyear N-2A "Spirit of
Innovation" June
21, 2006
The
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. unveiled its newest blimp, the
“Spirit of Innovation,” at the Akron-based tiremaker’s
Wingfoot Lakes hangar
L'innovation ' flotte à la maison
Goodyear N-2A
"L'esprit d'Innovation"
La
société Goodyear Pneumatiques et Caoutchouc a dévoilé le nom de son
nouveau dirigeable, "l'Esprit d'Innovation," dans son hangar de sa
base d'Akron de Wingfoot Lakes. http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/14868455.htm
http://www.crainscleveland.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060621/FREE/60621013/1025
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Woodstock
and Snoopy Answer Life's What-Ifs
MetLife
selected "Guarantees for the If in Life," for its new
advertising campaign, using its blimps as well as the Internet and
print.
Woodstock et
Snoopy Réponse aux "Si" dans le vie
MetLife choisi "Garanties pour
le "Si" dans laVie," pour sa nouvelle campagne publicitaire,
uilise ses dirigeables (A60+ Snoopy 1 & 2) ainsi
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/21/business/media/21adco.html
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Le
Luzerner dirigeable s'envole
Gîte
incertain sur l'aérodrome Buochs, au bords du lac des Quatre
cantons
Le
"Dirigeable" basé depuis quelques années sur ce site,
disparaît cet été du ciel de la ville de touristique de Luzern. La
société Skycruise Switzerland AG qui exploite le dirigeable
du type Skyship 600, l'entreprise effectue des vols à partir de l'aérodrome
Buochs jusqu'au début Juillet.
À
partir de la fin juillet le dirigeable de 60 mètres long, qui offre
de grandes surfaces publicitaires, partira pour trois mois pour une
tournées publicitaire à travers l'Europe pour le fabricant
d'automobiles tchèque "Skoda".
Das
Luzerner Luftschiff fliegt aus
ege.
Der «Zeppelin», der seit einigen Jahren an schönen Tagen seine
Kreise um den Bürgenstock zieht, verschwindet diesen Sommer vom
Himmel über der Touristenstadt Luzern. Die Skycruise Switzerland
AG, die das Prallluftschiff vom Typ Skyship 600 betreibt, stellt den
Betrieb für Rundflüge ab dem Flugplatz Buochs per Anfang Juli ein
- zumindest für den Sommer 2006. Ab Ende Juli geht das Luftschiff,
das mit seinen 60 Metern Länge grosse Werbeflächen bietet, für
drei Monate auf Europa-Tournee und wird dabei Werbung machen für
den tschechischen Automobilhersteller Skoda.
http://www.nzz.ch/2006/06/15/vm/articleE7K4F.html
http://www.zisch.ch/navigation/top_main_nav/NEWS/Regional/nw/detail.htm?client_request_contentOID=185397 |
$15M
blimp to make July landing NALINEE
SEELAL Monday, June 19 2006
Anti-Crime
equipment affects the skyship's operation
The
third blimp purchased by Government for $15 million is scheduled to
arrive in Trinidad in the second week of July.
http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,39373.html
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Blimp
co. produces 'TV in the sky' By
TRAVIS REED, Associated Press Writer
ORLANDO,
Fla. - Imagine a drive-in movie screen that floats 1,000 feet in the
air — and travels 15 mph. An Orlando-based blimp company called
The Lightship Group has effectively made one, and it could be coming
to a night sky near you.
The
company recently received Federal
Aviation Administration approval for its new A-170
lightship, an enormous blimp that doesn't just say
"Goodyear" or "Coca-Cola" on the side, but
instead flashes their newest commercials, NFL football highlights,
movie trailers or whatever else a company wants to put on its
70-by-30-foot LED screen.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060618/ap_on_hi_te/tv_in_the_sky_1
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Cyber Defense System's Techsphere Subsidiary Leases Two Airships for $4.2 Million to Fortune 100 Corporation
June. 13, 2006
ST. PETERSBURG, FL and ATLANTA, GA -- (MARKET WIRE)
-- 06/13/06 -- Cyber Defense Systems, Inc. (OTCBB: CYDF), a designer
and developer of next-generation unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), is
pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, Techsphere
Systems International, Inc., has executed a lease contract for two
of its SA-60A Spherical Airships to a Fortune 100 company at an
estimated initial contract value of approximately $4.2 million.
>>> more
Cyber Defense System, filiale
de Techsphere loue Deux Dirigeables pour 4.2 Millions $ à 100 Société
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on 10 June
2006, the airship 'Zeppelin NT' is expected to arrive in
Bonn-Hangelar, where it will serve as a platform for DLR traffic
monitoring technology during the game in Cologne.
Le 10 juin 2006, le dirigeable ' Zeppelin NT '
est arrivé à Bonn-Hangelar, où il servira comme plate-forme de
surveillance pour la DLR pour controler le trafic pendant la
coupe du monde à Cologne. http://www.dlr.de/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-1/86_read-3587/
http://sport.ard.de/wm2006/wm/vorort/wdr/news06/10/zeppelin.jhtml
http://www.dlr.de/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-1/86_read-3986/
Outside of the match
days in Cologne (11, 17, 20, 23 and 26 June) the Zeppelin NT
operator, Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei GmbH, will offer flights to the
general public. More information at: http://www.fussball-wm-zeppelin.de/
Les jours sans matchs
à Cologne (Matchs les 11, 17, 20, 23 et le 26 juin) le Zeppelin NT l'opérateur,
Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei GmbH, offrira des vols au grand public. Plus d'information à :
http://www.fussball-wm-zeppelin.de/
http://www.ksta.de/html/fotolines/1150205429600/rahmen.shtml?1
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Govt
extends lease on second blimp Wednesday,
June 7 2006
Government
has extended the lease on the Skyship 600, the 12-year-old
foreign-used red, white and blue blimp, pending the arrival of a
third blimp which is expected in the country shortly.
http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,38732.html
http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,38259.html
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Jean-Louis
Etienne va sonder la banquise en dirigeable LE
MONDE | 06.06.06
Jean-Louis
Etienne retourne au pôle Nord. En dirigeable, cette fois. En 1986,
l'explorateur français fut le premier homme à l'atteindre en
solitaire, après avoir tiré lui-même son traîneau pendant
soixante-trois jours. En 2002, il avait dérivé sur la banquise
pendant trois mois à bord d'une capsule. Mais, pour sa prochaine
expédition, il a choisi la voie des airs : son Pole Airship, un
dirigeable, a pour ambition de mesurer, au printemps 2007, l'épaisseur
de la glace autour du pôle Nord. la
suite >>>
http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3228,36-780033,0.html?xtor=RSS-3228 |
Air
raid on desert diamonds
06/06/2006 10:13
Jwaneng
Mine - Moonlight glistens off a huge zeppelin airship as it glides
over Botswana's Kalahari desert.
High-tech
sensors on board probe the arid sands below, looking for buried
diamonds.
This is
De Beers' latest tool in its search for gems in Botswana, the
world's leading diamond producer by value.
http://www.fin24.co.za/articles/default/display_article.asp?Nav=ns&ArticleID=1518-24_1946283
Zeppelin seeks hidden diamond
stashes in Kalahari
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060606/sc_nm/botswana_diamonds_zeppelin_dc_1
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/060606/ids_photos_wl/r1063391732.jpg
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/060606/photos_sc/2006_06_06t043738_450x301_us_botswana_diamonds_zeppelin
advanced gravity
gradiometry technology from Bell Geospace
http://www.bellgeo.com/products/zeppelin.html
http://news.com.com/Zeppelin+seeks+hidden+diamond+stashes+in+Kalahari/2100-11395_3-6067495.html
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Mai
- May 2006. |
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Goodyear
Tires Are Depicted As "Lightyear" In The Movie
"Cars"
May 19, 2006 11:30 am US/Eastern
The
“Spirit of Goodyear” blimp was unveiled Friday
morning bearing a new decal on the side of the airship.
The temporary decal reads “Lightyear”, instead of
“Goodyear”, in honor of the company’s involvement in the
highly anticipated Disney-Pixar movie “Cars”.
Le
logo "Goodyear" Tires Repeint "l'Année-lumière" Dans le Film
"Voitures"
Le dirigeable
"Esprit de Goodyear"a été dévoilé vendredi matin portant une nouvelle décoration sur le côté du dirigeable.
La décoration provisoire "l'Année-lumière", au lieu de "Goodyear",
un honneur pour cette compagnie pour sa participation dans le
prochain film de Disney-Pixar "Voitures".
http://cbs4.com/local/local_story_139111944.html
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Fire
rips through ex-blimp facility
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Friday, May 19, 2006
AKRON - Fire ripped
through a former Goodyear blimp hangar Thursday where military
research on a prototype surveillance airship was being planned.
There were no reports
of any injuries in the fire at the air dock - which stretches 1,175
feet, Fire Department spokesman Ed Sturkey said.
The air dock is the
home of Pentagon-sponsored Lockheed Martin Corp. research on a $149
million prototype of the unmanned airship. >>> more
Video >>> http://www.ohiomm.com/videos/blimp/blimpfire.wmv
Le
hangar d'Akron en feu...
AKRON - le Feu
a ravagé l'ancien hangar de dirigeable Goodyear à Akron (OHIO)
jeudi 18 Mai. où est étudié le futur prototype de dirigeable de surveillance
de Lockheed-Martin.
C'est dans ce hangar que les grands rigides "Akron" &
"Macon" de GoodYear-Zeppelin ont été assemblé.
http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=287020
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060519/NEWS01/605190405/1056
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/14617541.htm
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The
Lightship Group Changes the Face of Outdoor Advertising With
Revolutionary New Airship Design ORLANDO,
Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 2, 2006--
New Materials and Technology Allows Airships to
Display Full-Color, Interactive Multi-Media of Any Type That Can be
Changed at a Moment's Notice
The Lightship Group, a subsidiary of
American Blimp Corporation, announced today its new A-170 Video
Lightsign airship.
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20060502005270&newsLang=en
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Avril
- April 2006. |
After 44 years, Lakehurst back in lighter-than-air flight
research
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060509/NEWS03/605090308/1070/NEWS02
A
New USN Airship!
For years, the history books have always said that "The last
flight of a U.S. Navy airship occurred on August 31, 1962."
That apparently will now have to be re-stated, because a new era is
about to occur.
Test flights are scheduled for this week, followed by some form
of "official" announcement. As details are fed to me, I
will pass on what I can.
At a
cost of $3.5 million, the American Blimp Corp. A-170 airship
contract is small potatoes in the world of military aviation. But
it's already generating a buzz in the lighter-than-air community,
after the plain white airship made its first flights in recent days.
Le
nouveau dirigeable de l'US-Navy!
Pendant des années, les livres d'histoire disaient toujours que "le dernier vol d'un dirigeable américain Naval
a été effectué le 31 août 1962." Cela maintenant devra apparemment être répété, parce qu'une nouvelle ère est sur le point
de voir le jour.
Des vols d'essai sont prévus pendant cette semaine, suivis par quelque forme d'annonce "officielle".
Contrat
de 3.5M$, le dirigeable American BlimpCorp A-170.
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Un
blimp LIGHTSHIP A60+ vole en Indonésie.
Immatriculé
PK-ZEM. Tournée publicitaire pour la société "MEZZO"
http://www.indopelita.co.id/article.php?p=news&id=107
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Sauvetage de la société ATG. ATG acheté des investisseurs italiens
13-Apr-2006
Le groupe de Technologies Avancé (ATG), la compagnie de dirigeable
basée à Bedford (Kardington), a été acheté par un consortium anonyme italien.
Affaire à suivre....
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Concours
Trouver le nom du nouveau blimp
"N2A "
http://www.nametheblimp.com/
Starting
at noon on Tuesday, April 11th, consumers can begin submitting their
suggested names for the new blimp on a designated site http://www.nametheblimp.com
Name
submissions will be accepted from 12:01 PM ET on April 11th until
11:59 PM ET on April 30th, 2006
A list
of ten finalist names will then be announced and posted on the
official contest web site at 12:01 am ET on May 7th, 2006,
officially kicking off the public, online voting period to help
select the final winning name for the blimp. The name with the
highest score from this popular voting combined with the votes of a
panel of Goodyear representatives, will determine the winning name.
For complete details and official rules, go to http://www.nametheblimp.com/.
Le
concours commencé le mardi 11 Avril à midi, suggérez un nom pour le nouveau dirigeable sur
le site internet http://www.nametheblimp.com
Les soumissions seront acceptées de 11 Avril 12:01 jusqu'au
30 Avril 2006 11:59.
Une liste de dix noms sera alors annoncée et postée sur le site Web de concours officiel.
Le 7 mai 2006,
Le public votera en ligne sur le site internet pour choisir le nom
du dirigeable.
http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2006/04/10/003560.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/10/national/main1486503.shtml
http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/ohio/news/14314656.htm?source=rss&channel=ohio_news |
Mars
- March 2006. |
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Stéphane
Rousson continue les essais du petit dirigeable à propulsion
musculaire le Zeppy
Réassemblé
et gonflé à St-Raphael.
Ici,
évolutions au dessus de la mer Méditerranée le 15 Mars 2006.
http://www.m6.fr/html/m6_infos/le-six/lesix.php?ville=National&id=617#
La
tentative de traversée la Manche est programmée pour le mois de
Juin, si la météo est favorable. http://www.endlessflyers.com/ |
A lire
dans le magazine AIR & COSMOS n° 2022 du 17 Mars 2006
"Un
dirigeable stratosphérique géant pour 2009"
Lockheed
Martin lance la construction d'un démonstrateur de 120 m de long
pour aider l'US-army à se forger un concept opérationnel.
Dernier
projet en date de ce bouclier, celui des dirigeables, avec un
contrat de 150 M$ (125 M€) notifié par le Missile Defense Agency
à Lockheed Martin pour le projet HAA.
Lockheed
Martin assemblera d'ici 2009 un prototype de 120 m de long, 43 m de
diamètre et 105 000 m3
Pour
imaginer la taille de ce futur prototype, 18 fois le volume d'un
blimp Goodyear type GZ20A (6000 m3).
Ce
démonstrateur enlèvera un charge utile de 250 kg, le modèle
définitif emportera 2 T. http://www.air-cosmos.com/
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Colonel
rises to the occasion once again
Saturday,
March 11, 2006
Hovering a few feet above them is a miniature blimp >>> more
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Blimp-based
radar system detects incoming missiles
Friday, March 10, 2006
On the front lines of the war in Iraq, any technology that can
save lives is vital.
One such piece of equipment was on display this week at Norfolk
Naval Base. It's an aerostat, a 17-meter balloon that can fly up to
1,000 feet. It carries the JLENS system, short for Joint Land Attack
Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System. The system of
electro-optical infrared sensors is designed to protect troops by
detecting incoming missles and alerting air defense systems that can
knock them down before they hurt anyone.
They're being used right now in Afghanistan and Iraq.>>>
more
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http://www.nissen.co.jp/hikosen2006/index.htm
http://www.nissen.jp/hikosen2005/gallery/index.htm
http://www.nissen.jp/hikosen2004/gallery/index.htm |
Airship
swoop on Moscow criminals
Russian police are to tackle Moscow's crime and
traffic problems from airships.
Yuri Luzhkov, the mayor, has ordered the purchase
of two gas airships and three balloons to help authorities track
fugitive criminals, monitor traffic flows and thwart terrorist
threats.
Russian-made Au12 airships and Au27 tethered
balloons, known as aerostats, will soon be gliding into place over
the busiest roads and most dangerous districts of the capital as
part of a £1.4 million project to ease the city's problems from the
air.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/03/05/wzep05.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/03/05/ixworld.html
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6 Mars 2006
1er
vol du nouveau blimp N2A
6 March 2006
Maiden
flight new blimp N2A |
http://www.hacinc.us/ |
Février
- February 2006. |
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/ohio/news/14036722.htm
http://www.newsnet5.com/akroncanton/7738573/detail.html
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NBC
Olympics Taps Goodyear to Provide Aerial Coverage for Its Broadcasts
of the Torino Winter Games February 10, 2006
(Clacton, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) With a record total of 418
hours of Olympic television coverage, NBC will use The Goodyear
Tire & Rubber Co. to provide aerial coverage for U.S.
television of the Winter Olympics from Torino, Italy.
Goodyear, which provided the first aerial coverage of a televised
sporting event at the 1960 Orange Bowl, has contributed
spectacular images from above thousands of major sporting events
for almost 50 years.
“NBC is putting particular emphasis on its high-tech coverage,”
said NBC Sports executive producer David Neal. “Only Goodyear
has the means and the skill to be able to provide the type of
first-class aerial footage we needed to enhance our more than 24
hours of combined coverage everyday and bring our viewers an
amazing overhead perspective.”
Goodyear has a longstanding history of working with NBC to provide
best-of-class aerial broadcast coverage. Over the years, the two
have collaborated on coverage of the National Football League and
Major League Baseball as well as the Olympics, Kentucky Derby, the
Rose Parade and even the 2004 Presidential election.
As part of NBC's deal with Goodyear, viewers will see prominent
onscreen animated graphics that Goodyear will use to deliver product
messages to its audience. More than traditional onscreen credits,
the eye-catching animation will feature the world-famous Goodyear
Blimp and messages highlighting Goodyear's TripleTred and
SilentArmor technology for tires.
“This is an excellent opportunity for us to deliver product and
technology messages to an enormous audience,” said Joey Viselli,
director of marketing services at Goodyear. “For Goodyear, it’s
about making the most of our aerial assets to increase specific
product visibility.”
Goodyear says that this creative partnership with NBC represents
another example of the innovative ways that the company has begun to
leverage its aerial assets, and is yet another example of how the
company continues to evolve from a manufacturing-driven company to
an innovative, fast-moving consumer products company.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060208/nyw130.html?.v=44
http://www.sys-con.com/read/180991.htm
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Worldwide
Aeros Announces Luxurious Airborne Cruise Ships
Wednesday Feb 8 2006
Worldwide Aeros Corporation, the leading aeroscraft manufacturer
in FAA-certified lighter-than-air vehicles has announced its plans
for the interior design of a new generation of airborne cruise ships
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/whatsnew/18ac893302839010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html
Aeroscraft
Purpose: Long-range travel for passengers who are
more concerned with the journey than the destination
Dimensions (feet): 165 h x 244 w x 647 l
Max Speed: 174 mph
Range: 6,000 miles
Capacity: 250 passengers
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Lockheed
Martin's Secretly Built Airship Makes First Flight
Lockheed Martin Advanced Development Projects is making perhaps
the first realistic tests of a hybrid airship--a concept that dates
back many decades but that is just now being tried at a significant
scale.
The Skunk Works made the first flight of its "P-791"
testbed on Jan. 31 at its facility on the Palmdale Air Force Plant
42 airport. The manned flight was about a 5-min. circuit around the
airport in the morning and appeared to be successful. The company
did not announce or want to discuss the flight. >>> more
http://www.aviationnow.com/avnow/news/channel_awst_story.jsp?id=news/020606p2.xml
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Test
imminent d'un nouveau type d'aéronef hybride
Dynalifter, le prototype d'un engin
volant hybride est actuellement en développement et prêt à être
testé en vol dans l'Ohio. Selon ses concepteurs, la
"maquette", d'une longueur de 35 mètres, équipée de
deux sièges est le premier d'une série d'aéronefs qui pourraient
ouvrir une ère nouvelle dans le domaine du transport aérien.
L'engin, bien que
différent d'un dirigeable souple, peut être équipé de deux
petits moteurs et être rempli de 470 mètres cubes d'hélium. Selon
Robert Rist, co-fondateur de la société Ohio Airships, Dynalifter
est un avion hybride dont la seule ressemblance avec un dirigeable
est qu'ils utilisent tous les deux de l'hélium.
Contrairement au dirigeable, l'aéronef possède des ailes, et sa
masse est soulevée grâce à la portance des ailes et la coque,
augmentée par la portance de d'hélium. Le prototype est un modèle
réduit au huitième de l'engin que Rist et son associé, Brian
Martin, espèrent pouvoir tester en vol ce printemps: le Dynalifter
de 300 mètres de long.
New type of
aircraft is under development
MANTUA,
Ohio: An unusual 120-foot-long, two-seat prototype aircraft
is being developed in Ohio in hopes it will usher in a new transportation
era.
The aircraft, although not a blimp, may be outfitted with two small engines
and filled with 16,500 cubic feet of helium.
"Dynalifter is a hybrid
aircraft," Robert Rist, a co-founder of Ohio Airships Inc.,
told National Geographic News. "The only comparison (with a
blimp) is that they both use helium."
>>> more
http://www.dynalifter.com/
http://www.techno-science.net/?onglet=news&news=2324
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Janvier
- January 2006. |
Un 4eme dirigeable Zeppelin NT 07
Le 20 Janvier 2006, les actionnaires sur 1/20/2006 ont donné le feu vert à la société de Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik GmbH (ZLT)
On annonce que le dirigeable de 12 passagers sera opérationnel pour le printemps 2008, pour le démarrage annuel DZR.
L'assemblée du 4ème Zeppelin NT 07 commencera dans à l'automne 2006.
ILC, Delaware EU est le fabriquant de l'enveloppe.
En parallèle, Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik GmbH (ZLT) poursuit les travaux de son prochain modèle "NT-14" de 19 passagers.
Pour l'année 2006 :
NT-07 01 D-LZFN, utilisé pour la recherche de gisements de diamants (Société DeBeers) en Afrique de Sud.
NT-07 02 JA101Z (ex D-LZZR), Nippon Airship Corporation (NAC) au Japon.
NT-07 03 D-LZZF DZR tourisme, Publicité (Mars-Avril-Mai) BMW finance.
One 4eme dirigible Zeppelin NT 07
On January 20, 2006, the shareholders on 1/20/2006 gave the approval to the
company of Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik GmbH ( ZLT)
One announces that the airship of 12 passengers will be operational for spring, 2008, for the annual starting up DZR.
The assembly of the 4-th Zeppelin NT 07 will begin in in autumn, 2006.
ILC, HAD Delaware is making him of the envelope.
In parallel, Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik GmbH ( ZLT) pursues the works of his next model " NT-14 " of 19 passengers.
For 2006:
NT-07 01 D-LZFN, used for the search for deposits of diamonds (DEBEERS
company) in Africa of the South.
NT-07 02 JA101Z (ex D-LZZR), Japanese Airship Corporation ( NAC) in Japan.
NT-07 03 D-LZZF DZR TOURISM, Advertisement ( March-April-May) BMW forks out.
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Airship
market balloons
After building a business defending high-ranking officials in
Iraq, Blackwater USA executives think the future may be hovering
above the battlefield.
The North Carolina company is developing an airship — think
Goodyear blimp — loaded with sensors and surveillance cameras that
can quickly relay information about the ground below to clients
miles away.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002746134_airsecurity18.html?syndication=rss
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Russian Immigrant Makes “Outstanding Proposal”
in US Military Blimp Program
A group of Russian emigres running a California firm
is facing U.S. giant Lockheed
Martin in the race for Pentagon contract to build an airship for
troop transportation.
The company run by Russian emigres is called Worldwide
Aeros, employs 40 workers and makes blimps used for flying
billboards. Lockheed Martin’s sales in 2004 amounted to $35.5
billion and nearly 80 percent of its business is with the U.S.
Department of Defense and the U.S. Civil Government/Homeland
Security. Both companies have won $3 million in contracts from the
Pentagon to do preliminary design work, the Los Angeles Times
said on Tuesday, Jan. 17.
In September the Pentagon will award one of the a $100 million
contract to build a 900-foot airship prototype. Eventually, the
Pentagon could spend as much as $11 bilion on a fleet of these
vessels. >>> more
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-blimp17jan17,1,2630555.story?coll=la-headlines-business
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