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Ameriquest launches airship

By General Aviation News Staff · August 5, 2005 ·

There’s a new airship making the rounds this summer. In May Ameriquest, a mortgage company, launched Ameriquest Airship Freedom, a 206-foot blimp painted red, white and blue. The blimp is traveling coast to coast this summer with stops at sporting events, county fairs and other celebrations. It is one of only two blimps in the United States that has the ability to hover.

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