Soaring Dreams Airship over Golden Gate Bridge

Palm over the Coliseum

Unbranded Skyship

Airship Management Services, Inc. (AMS) builds, owns and operates Skyship and Sentinel type airships. AMS, run by George Spyrou, and through associated companies in the U.S., Europe and Japan, provides technical and operational support to airships worldwide. AMS is part of the Skycruiser Group of companies, which includes Skycruiser Corporation and Global Skyship Industries (formerly Westinghouse Airship Industries), and owns/operates a fleet of Skyships in America and Europe. Akron in flight, 2 November 1931 An airship is a buoyant (lighter_than_air) aircraft that can be steered and propelled through the air. ...

Background

AMS is a private company, based in Greenwich, Connecticut with a maintenance facility and FAA Repair Station in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. AMS personnel, many of whom were previously with Westinghouse and Airship Industries, have been providing flight crew, technical expertise and ground support to airships since 1980, and have operated airships in Japan, Korea, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, United States, Europe, Argentina, the Dominican Republic and other parts of the Caribbean. Location in Connecticut Coordinates: , NECTA Region Settled 1640 Joined Connecticut 1656 Government  - Type Representative town meeting  - First selectman James A. Lash  - Town administrator Edward Gomeau  - Town meeting moderator Thomas J. Byrne Area  - City 174. ... FAA may refer to: Federal Aviation Administration in the United States Fleet Air Arm in the UK Royal Navy Fuerza Aérea Argentina in Argentina This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Nickname: Location in Pasquotank and Camden counties in the state of North Carolina Coordinates: Country United States State North Carolina Counties Pasquotank and Camden Government  - Mayor Rev. ... This article is about the Korean peninsula and civilization. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... “West Indian” redirects here. ...

The AMS' clients in the United States have included Ameriquest, the New York City Police Department and Fujifilm (USA) Inc., which has been using a Skyship 600 type airship in the U.S. since 1984, starting with the Los Angeles Summer Olympics. A Skyship was also used over the Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea in 1988 and the Atlanta Olympics in 1996. In Addition, AMS provided two Skyships for use over the Athens Olympics in 2004^[1], one for use by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and the Hellenic Police in Greece, and the other for broadcasting by NBC TV. The New York City Police Department (NYPD) was created in 1845 and currently is the largest municipal police force in the world with primary responsibilities in law enforcement and investigation within the five boroughs of New York City. ... Fujifilm Holdings Corporation, or Fujifilm, is a Japanese company known for its photographic film and cameras. ... Spirit of Dubai - The Palm, on the UK leg of her 2006 tour. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... Categories: 1996 Summer Olympics ... Science Applications International Corporation Science Applications International Corporation (usually known as SAIC) is the largest employee-owned research and engineering firm in the United States. ... This article is about the television network. ...

Since 1980, fifteen Skyships have been designed, built, and operated around the world for such customers as Japan Airlines, The Korean Sports Foundation, Fujifilm, the Tokyo Police, Citibank, the French Ministry of the Interior, and Pepsi-Cola. In addition, “Skycruises” (passenger tours) have been successfully operated over London, Paris, Munich, Sydney, Melbourne, Switzerland and San Francisco^[2]. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Categories: French government | Stub ... The current Pepsi logo Pepsi-Cola (often shortened to Pepsi), is a carbonated cola soft drink manufactured by PepsiCo, and the principal rival of Coca-Cola. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the capital of France. ... For other uses, see Munich (disambiguation). ... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...

A Skyship was used for a tour across Europe during 2006, from London to Paris to Rome to Athens, promoting The Palm Islands project in Dubai, United Arab Emirates^[3][4] This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Coordinates: , Emirate Government  - Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Area [1]  - Metro 4,114 km² (1,588. ...

During September and October 2007, AMS placed an unbranded Skyship over New York, based out of Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, and flew various VIPs and friends and colleagues^[5]. 1998 map of Floyd Bennett Field from the National Park Service. ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ...

Roles

Airships have been used not only as advertising / promotional vehicles and for the carriage of passengers, but also as television camera platforms, broadcast relay stations and as surveillance vehicles from which various sensors can be operated. AMS has developed these applications with numerous clients, including Westinghouse, Northrop Grumman, the U.S. Navy^[6], Defense Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the U.S. Army, the British Ministry of Defence^[7], the N.Y.P.D.’s Counter Terrorism Division (for security surveillance), and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) for environmental surveys. The Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is an aerospace and defense conglomerate that is the result of a 1994 merger between Northrop and Grumman. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is an agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of new technology for use by the military. ... The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... Main Building - The Headquarters of the Ministry of Defence, Whitehall, Westminster, London Tri-service badge of the UK armed forces The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and the headquarters of the UK military. ... The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) is a private, nonprofit research and higher education facility dedicated to the study of all aspects of marine science and engineering and to the education of marine researchers. ...

One Skyship, Santos-Dumont (named for Alberto Santos-Dumont, the "Father of Aviation" and celebrated airship pioneer), currently operates in the Caribbean for the Special Anti-Crime Unit of Trinidad & Tobago (SAUTT) providing security surveillance. This article is about the aviator. ...

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External links

• Company website