page_title: Airship Industries
hierarchical_section_title: Airship Industries
caption_attribution_description: English: KEY WEST, Fla. (June 27, 2008) Handlers from Airship Management Services steady the Skyship 600 blimp as it prepares to touch down at Naval Air Station Key West. The lighter-than-air vehicle is in Key West for six weeks to conduct a series of maritime surveillance evaluations. The joint airship experiment between the Navy and Coast Guard emphasizes the cooperative strategy for 21st century seapower among the sea services. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Timothy Cox (Released)
context_page_description: Airship Industries was a British manufacturers of modern non-rigid airships active under that name from 1970 to 1990 and controlled for part of that time by Alan Bond. The first company, Aerospace Developments, was founded in 1970, and a successor, Hybrid Air Vehicles, remains active as of 2018. Airship Industries itself was active between 1980 and 1990.
  In addition to the manufacture of non-rigid airships, several of the companies were involved in abortive proposals for many other non-rigid and rigid types. The historic airship facilities at Cardington, Bedfordshire, were used as a base for the firm's test flying and an assembly site for some of its airships.
context_section_description: Airship Industries was a British manufacturers of modern non-rigid airships (blimps) active under that name from 1970 to 1990 and controlled for part of that time by Alan Bond. The first company, Aerospace Developments, was founded in 1970, and a successor, Hybrid Air Vehicles, remains active as of 2018. Airship Industries itself was active between 1980 and 1990.
  In addition to the manufacture of non-rigid airships, several of the companies were involved in abortive proposals for many other non-rigid and rigid types. The historic airship facilities at Cardington, Bedfordshire (formerly the Royal Airship Works and RAF Cardington), were used as a base for the firm's test flying and an assembly site for some of its airships.
caption: Airship Industries blimp touching down
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