From: rosso@sco.COM (Ross Oliver)
To: roscoe!rosso
Subject: blimp story idea
Date: Tue Sep 11 14:04:03 1990

Possible story for newsletter:

>From Sept 3, 1990 issue of Aviation Week & Space Tech.

American Blimp Corp. of Hillsboro, Ore. recently received FAA
certification for its A-60 Lightship, designed as an arial
advertising medium.  It is one of the first craft to be
certified under a 1987 advisory circular to FAR Part 21 that
applies specifically to blimps.  The A-60 is 128 ft. long,
with envelope volume of 60,000 cu. ft.  It can lift up to
1,250 lb. and travel at 55 MPH. powered by two German Limback,
80-hp L2000 engines.  The firm has orders for nine airships and
options for 14 more, with six deliveries scheduled for 1990.
The A-60 sells for $1.2 million.  For night advertising, the
interior of the envelope is illuminated, and the fabric comes
in a variety of colors.