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- Pathfinder 3, a huge all-electric airship designed by LTA Research, is in the final planning stages in Akron. Prototype carbon fiber and titanium framing has been put together inside the airdock for testing. Pilots are undergoing flight training using sophisticated simulators. And the airdock itself is undergoing renovations and updating.
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May 5, 2022 · Jim Mackinnon. 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
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
Mar 8, 2021 · The airdock was built in 1929 and used by Goodyear to build blimps and rigid airships that included the USS Akron and USS Macon. Goodyear now builds its semi-rigid airships at its Wingfoot Lake blimp base in nearby Suffield Township in Portage County.
- Jim Mackinnon
- Jim Mackinnon, Business Reporter
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 ...
- bjones@wews.com
- Bob Jones
Mar 5, 2021 · AKRON, Ohio — The Akron Airdock is getting new use as an aerospace research and development company is set to move in, according to the City of Akron. Almost 100 years after the first rigid airship...
- Camryn Justice
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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.
Apr 29, 2022 · Dan Shingler. Reprints. City of Akron. Akron's Airdock is making history again as the site of development work by LTA Research, which is working there on next-generation, zero-emissions airships.
