Saturn Lightship Crew Breaks Blimp Endurance Record
The Saturn Relay Lightship established a new world class flight
duration record for Class B non rigid helium airships with volumes
from 3000 cubic meters to more than 100,000 cubic meters when it
flew for 24 hours, 40 minutes, and 55 seconds, landing at 11:10:40
pm tonight at the Long Beach Airport. The previous record of 14
hours and 9 minutes was established in 1998 in White Plains
(NY).