GA-42 became the first blimp with electrical fly-by-wire flight controls with no mechanical back-ups (no mechanical connection between the side stick controller and the fin-mounted control surfaces) to receive an FAA type certificate (AS3EU).

When it was first introduced in the 1980s, the GA-42 broke new ground by making helium airships affordable to a wider customer base. With two seats for the pilot and one passenger, it was suitable for pilot training. The GA-42 was the first airship to …

May 3, 1993 · It has spent pounds 3m developing the GA42, the world's smallest blimp. It is 60 feet long, 25 feet wide and holds 42,000 cubic feet of fire-resistant helium. It carries a pilot and one...

T&C also produced the GA-42 non-rigid helium airship which was capable of carrying two people and featured state of the art fly by wire controls. The rights to the GA-42 design were acquired by the American Blimp Corporation when T&C was acquired by Cameron in 1995.

The Spirit of Goodyear, one of the iconic Goodyear Blimps. This is a list of airships with a current unexpired Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) [1] registration. In 2021, Reader's Digest said that "consensus is that there are about 25 blimps still in existence and only about half of them are still in use for advertising purposes". [2]

Nov 17, 2021 · It has spent pounds 3m developing the GA42, the world’s smallest blimp. It is 60 feet long, 25 feet wide and holds 42,000 cubic feet of fire-resistant helium. It carries a pilot and one passenger and is powered by an engine the size of a large lawnmower.

On February 26, 1995, at 1522 Pacific standard time, the pilot of a Thunder & Colt GA42 blimp, N28SQ, fell from the aircraft during an attempted landing at the Hayward, California, airport. The airship was owned and operated by Sky Quest, Inc., of San Jose, California, and was conducting local traffic pattern operations at the airport.

Sep 7, 1991 · But if you take a closer look, that flying white sausage with the blue tail is a baby blimp, and it will be waddling over South Florida’s skies for the next three months. “What’s unusual ...

First inflation of the Tribune HS110 at the old Rednal airfield near Oswestry, Shropshire, England. The T&C GA42 airship hangar can be seen in the background. Photo from an early flight of the Tribune airship. First night flying tests of the Tribune airship. Note the …