Return of the blimp

摘要

The residents of Akron, Ohio are very excited. As the birthplace of the blimp, the fortunes of this small town have always been inextricably linked with the airship industry and for its citizens the heady days of the airship boom must seem a long way off. So the recent announcement that the gigantic deserted airship hangar on the outskirts of the city was to be used to build an airship again for the first time since the 1960s certainly came as welcome news.