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Lighter-Than-Air Collection
The Lighter-Than-Air Society, originally known as the Wingfoot Lighter-Than-Air Society, was founded in 1952 by a group of Goodyear Aircraft employees. Its membership currently includes approximately 850 member from many countries. The purpose of the Lighter-Than-Air Society is to further knowledge pertaining to the history, science and techniques of buoyant flight; to encourage the use of lighter-than-air transportation; and to establish and maintain a library and museum on lighter-than-air. For more information see their website www.blimpinfo.com.
In 1964, the Akron Public Library entered into an agreement with the Society to house its collection of books. This collection, maintained by the Special Collections Division, contains approximately 1200 books on the historical and technical aspects of zeppelins, blimps, rigid and non-rigid airships, and manned and unmanned balloons. The collection also includes some fiction titles, and the Society Newsletter, Buoyant Flight. Non-book Lighter-Than-Air materials are maintained by Archival Services of the University of Akron, http://www3.uakron.edu/ul/archives/index.html. |
