Us-lta.com
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US-LTA Airship Home Page
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US LTA Corporation (United States, Lighter-Than-Air) was founded in Eugene, Oregon, USA in 1988 to design, engineer, manufacture and offer airships for sale for operational customers in the worldwide airship advertising and remote sensing market. Its prime achievement is the successful development of the 160', 6 passenger Model138S Airship and SKYMAX Nightsign system which are type certified by the United States Federal Aviation Administration( FAA) under Type Certificate# AS2NM and one of only a handful of designs in the world to accomplish this rating.
US LTA is a complete manufacturer operating out of a 16,000 sq. ft , facility where components are designed and fabricated in-house to ensure rigid quality standards, design uniformity and parts availability. US LTA employs full time staff including management, pilots, mechanics and engineers and is lead by Ray M. Olma and his son, Joe Olma and who form the ownership and day to day management of US LTA. Chief of Design is lead by MartinGrant of London, England whose experience in airships and their manufacture extends over 10 years through work at Airship Industries. This together with ties to various consulting arms gives US LTA access to a range of technical specialties critical in maintaining an effective design.
US LTA has developed its resume through manufacture and operation of (2) airships in commercial and scientific activities. For commercial programs US LTA utilizes the SKYMAX night sign system developed exclusively for the 138S with Inwave Corporation as a full color, removable night sign. While in remote sensing operations the airship has proven itself a versatile platform capable of integrating an array of sensors under demanding flight conditions.
