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Helium Airship Directory
Please Note: Active and inactive helium airships are listed separately. Also, the information below is currently out of date.
C-FRLM "Face"
Model: 21st Century Airships SPAS-4; c/n ?; year ?; volume ?
Pilot/Owner: 21st Century Airships, Ontario, Canada.
Notes: This airship is a prototype.
Model: 21st Century Airships SPAS-70; c/n ?; year ?; volume ?
Pilot/Owner: 21st Century Airships, Ontario, Canada.
Notes: This airship is a prototype.
Model: Westdeutsche Luftwerbung WDL 1A; c/n 101A; year ?; volume 227,000 cu ft.
Pilot/Owner: WDL Luftschiffgesellschaft, Muehlheim, Germany.
Notes: This blimp has been advertising Fuji Film continuously since 1981.
Model: Westdeutsche Luftwerbung WDL 1B; c/n 105; year ?; volume 255,000 cu ft.
Pilot/Owner: WDL Luftschiffgesellschaft, Muehlheim, Germany.
Notes: This blimp is scheduled to be transferred from WDL's German base to its new American facilities in Ormond Beach (Florida) during 2000.
Model: Westdeutsche Luftwerbung WDL 1B; c/n 106; year ?; volume 255,000 cu ft.
Pilot/Owner: WDL Luftschiffgesellschaft, Muehlheim, Germany.
Notes: This blimp has been advertising König Pilsner, a German beer, since 1997.
Model: Westdeutsche Luftwerbung WDL 1B; c/n 107; year ?; volume 255,000 cu ft.
Pilot/Owner: WDL Luftschiffgesellschaft, Muehlheim, Germany.
Notes: This blimp started advertising TV Movie, a German Pay-TV network in 1999.
Model: CargoLifter Joey Prototype; c/n ?; year 1999; volume ?
Pilot/Owner: Mats Backlin, CargoLifter, Brand, Germany.
Notes: This is the one person prototype for the giant CargoLifter semi-rigid cargo transport airship.
Model: Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik NT-07; c/n ?; year 1997; volume ?
Pilot/Owner: Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik GmbH, Friedrichshafen, Germany.
Notes: This certification prototype for Zepplin's "New Technology" airships had its first flight on 18 October 1997. It has been conducting test flights to gather data ever since. A second NT-07 was under construction in late 1999.
Model: Goodyear Aerospace GZ-20; c/n ?; year ?; volume ?
Pilot/Owner: Goodyear, Pompano Beach (Florida), USA.
Notes: This airship is named "Stars & Stripes" and was named "America" before.
Model: Goodyear Aerospace GZ-20; c/n ?; year 2000; volume ?
Pilot/Owner: Goodyear, Akron (Ohio), USA.
Notes: This GZ-20 replaced a GZ-22 which was retired in November 1999. This airship was christened "Spirit of Goodyear" by Sally Ride, the first American woman in space in March 2000. (The GZ-22 was Goodyear's most sophisticated blimp, featuring fly-by-wire controls and turbine engines. The only GZ-22, named "Spirit of Akron", was retired after deflating in flight in November 1999.)
Model: Goodyear Aerospace GZ-20; c/n ?; year ?; volume ?
Pilot/Owner: Goodyear, Carson (California), USA.
Notes: This airship is named "Eagle" and was named "Columbia" before.
Model: American Blimp Lightship A-60+; c/n 011; year ?; volume ?
Pilot/Owner: Lightship Group, USA.
Notes: None.
Model: American Blimp Lightship A-60+; c/n 012; year ?; volume ?
Pilot/Owner: Lightship Group, UK.
Notes: This Ligtship is also known as "Spirit of Europe Two".
Model: Thompson Little Green Men; c/n ?; year ?; volume ?
Pilot/Owner: James Thompson, Oregon, USA.
Notes: This airship is the only experimental helium airship built for private, non-commercial use.
Model: Airship Industries Skyship 600; c/n 07; year ?; volume ?
Pilot/Owner: Airship Management Services, USA.
Notes: This ship replaced an older Skyship 500 in advertising the Fuji Film brand.
Model: Airship Industries Skyship 500HL; c/n ?; year ?; volume ?
Pilot/Owner: Airship Operations, USA.
Notes: This flashy yellow blimp deflated when it was torn from its anchor by a hurricane mast in New Jersey in 1997.
Model: Airship Industries Skyship 600; c/n ?; year ?; volume 254,000 cu ft
Pilot/Owner: Airship Operations, USA.
Notes: This Skyship 600 replaced N501LP after it was deflated in advertising the "Tommy Hilfiger" brand before being repainted to become the "Colleges.com" Blimp.
Model: American Blimp Lightship A-60+; c/n 001; year ?; volume ?
Pilot/Owner: High Degree (Icarus Aircraft), Florida, USA.
Notes: This ship is also known as "Snoopy One".
Model: American Blimp Lightship A-60+; c/n 002; year ?; volume ?
Pilot/Owner: American Blimp.
Notes: None.
Model: American Blimp Lightship A-60+; c/n 003; year ?; volume ?
Pilot/Owner: Lightship Group, UK.
Notes: This ship is also known as "Spirit of Europe One".
Model: American Blimp Lightship A-60+; c/n 004; year ?; volume ?
Pilot/Owner: Lightship Group, South Africa.
Notes: This is the first blimp to fly in Sub-saharan Africa in about 15 years.
Model: American Blimp Lightship A-60+; c/n 005; year ?; volume ?
Pilot/Owner: Lightship Group, USA.
Notes: The "VL" in the registration of this Ligtship stands for Virgin Lightships, which is a 50 percent owner of the Lightship Group.
Model: American Blimp Lightship A-60+; c/n 006; year ?; volume ?
Pilot/Owner: Lightship Group, USA.
Notes: None.
Model: American Blimp Lightship A-60+; c/n 007; year ?; volume ?
Pilot/Owner: High Degree (Icarus Aircraft), California, USA.
Notes: This Ligtship is also known as "Snoopy Two".
Model: American Blimp Lightship A-60+; c/n 009; year ?; volume ?
Pilot/Owner: Beijing Orient Air Service, China.
Notes: The "AB" in the registration for this Ligtship stands for "American Blimp". It is unclear if this Ligtship is registered differently for operation in China.
Model: American Blimp Lightship A-60+; c/n 010; year ?; volume ?
Pilot/Owner: Lightship Group, Australia.
Notes: This Ligtship advertised Whitman's Chocolates when it first arrived in Australia in 1997?.
Model: American Blimp Lightship A-60+; c/n 014; year ?; volume ?
Pilot/Owner: Lightship Group, Brazil.
Notes: This Ligtship is also known as "Spirit of the Americas".
Model: American Blimp Lightship A-60+; c/n 015; year ?; volume ?
Pilot/Owner: Lightship Group, USA.
Notes: This airship is nicknamed "Skeeter" and was previously advertising Russel Stover Candies.
Model: American Blimp Lightship A-60+; c/n 016; year ?; volume ?
Pilot/Owner: Lightship Group, USA.
Notes: None.
Model: American Blimp Lightship A-60+; c/n 017; year ?; volume ?
Pilot/Owner: Lightship Group, USA.
Notes: None.
Model: American Blimp Lightship A-150; c/n 101; year ?; volume ?
Pilot/Owner: Lightship Group, California, USA.
Notes: None.
Model: American Blimp Lightship A-150; c/n 105; year 1999; volume ?
Pilot/Owner: Lightship Group, Florida, USA.
Notes: This Ligtship's nickname is "Trump". It began operations (in part for pilot training in Orlando, Florida in December 1999.
Model: Interface Airships Ecoblimp; c/n ?; year 1997; volume ?
Pilot/Owner: Interface Airships, Florida, USA.
Notes: This airship is derived from earlier blimps made by Memphis Airships.
Model: Worldwide Aeros 40-B; c/n 16; year ?; volume ?
Pilot/Owner: Worldwide Aeros Corporation, California, USA.
Notes: This blimp is an experimental prototype which has never advertised anything.
Model: Barnes Whispership; c/n 1002; year ?; volume ?
Pilot/Owner: Tracy Barnes, Charlottesville (North Carolina), USA.
Notes: This airship is a very maneuverable one seater. First fitted with one stern engine, it was later fitted with two additonal engines on both sides of the envelope.
Model: Aerostatika Aerostatika-02; c/n ?; year ?; volume ?
Pilot/Owner: Russia.
Notes: None.
Model: American Blimp Lightship A-150; c/n 102; year ?; volume ?
Pilot/Owner: Lightship Group, California, USA.
Notes: This Ligtship is also known as "Bud One".
Model: American Blimp Lightship A-150; c/n 103; year 1998; volume ?
Pilot/Owner: Lightship Group, Turkey.
Notes: This is the first airship ever to operate in Turkey, where it is advertising various subsidiaries of the KOC industrial conglomerate.
Model: American Blimp Lightship A-150; c/n 104; year 1999; volume ?
Pilot/Owner: Lightship Group, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Notes: This Ligtship is offering the first blimp passenger rides in many years.
Model: Airship Industries Skyship 600; c/n 04; year ?; volume ?
Pilot/Owner: Airship International, USA.
Notes: None.
Inactive Helium Airships are now listed separately. This directory is based on the "Airships in Service" list that appears in AIRSHIP, the Journal of the Airship Association. If you know of a currently flying Helium Airship that is not listed here or if you have a correction to the information on this page, please let me know (webmaster@myairship.com) so that I can update this directory.
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