Lighter than Air

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The Goodyear blimp Columbia, N3A visited the town of Goodyear, west of Phoenix, Arizona in March 1971.

In April 1971 I shot these pictures of the Columbia at Tucson International Airport. A sudden shift in the wind caused the blimp to do a nosestand at its mooring.

Goodyear blimp Columbia, N10A at Goleta on August 26, 1988.

Mobile Airships sells Indoor and Outdoor unmanned radio controlled (R/C) Blimps.

Assn of Balloon & Airship Constructors is open to all with an interest in LTA flight and the construction of LTA vehicles. Dues include subscription to quarterly magazine.

The Naval Airship Association serves to gather, perpetuate and disseminate the lighter-than-air expertise and knowledge that has been accumulated during the U.S. Navy's long involvement with the development and employment of lighter-than-air principles in military aviation.

Zepellins eat blimps for breakfast on John Dziadecki's Airship Page.

Books about airships available from

Dr. Eckener's Dream Machine : The Great Zeppelin and the Dawn of Air Travel by Douglas Botting

When Giants Roamed the Sky: Karl Arnstein and the Rise of Airships from Zeppelin to Goodyear by Dale Topping

Golden Age of the Great Passenger Airships : Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg by Harold G. Dick

The Great Dirigibles : Their Triumphs and Disasters by John Toland

Inside the Hindenburg by Mireille Majoor

The Hindenburg by Patrick O'Brien

Sky Ships : A History of the Airship in the United States Navy by William A. Althoff

The Zeppelin in Combat : A History of the German Naval Airship Division 1912-1918 by Douglas H. Robinson.

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Go to home page of the Goleta Air and Space Museum.

Edited February 8, 1997