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  1. May 5, 2022 · Akron Beacon Journal. The largest airship to be built in the United States since the 1930s is expected to start taking shape later this year inside the Akron Airdock, with its first flight possibly coming in 2023.

    • Jim Mackinnon
    • Jim Mackinnon, Business Reporter
  2. May 6, 2022 · The historic Akron air dock was built in 1929 and remains the largest air dock still in use. LTA has developed a new system to assemble the carbon fiber tube and titanium framework called the "roller coaster," which allows workers to remain on the ground instead of scaling the fragile structure.

    • Jeff St. Clair
  3. Mar 8, 2021 · 0:03. 0:45. The Akron Airdock on Monday got closer to having Lockheed Martin as its new owner, and as a result, closer to being a place where new airships will be made again. The Development Finance Authority of Summit County, which has owned the local landmark since 2006, authorized selling the airdock to defense contractor Lockheed Martin for ...

    • Jim Mackinnon
    • Jim Mackinnon, Business Reporter
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  5. Mar 5, 2021 · A sculpture frames the Akron Airdock, which is being renovated Wednesday, April 26, 2006. The airdock will house the prototype of the high-tech airship Lockheed Martin will begin assembling in 2007 in Akron, Ohio.

  6. May 5, 2022 · LTA is working on building much bigger airships— Pathfinder 1 in California and Pathfinder 3 in Akron. They will be used for humanitarian efforts, Weston said. A huge test section of the ...

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  7. Goodyear Airdock. /  41.03194°N 81.47083°W  / 41.03194; -81.47083. The Goodyear Airdock is a construction and storage airship hangar in Akron, Ohio. At its completion in 1929, it was the largest building in the world without interior supports.

  8. Electrical and Computer Engineering at UA. Opinion: " Akron Airdock begins new life through aerospace research, development partnership ," by UA President Gary L. Miller and Akron Mayor Daniel Horrigan, Akron Beacon Journal, March 5, 2021. Media contact: Alex Knisely, 330-972-6477 or aknisely@uakron.edu.

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