LTA Airship Rating

Gucci Pilot

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Looking to just add the rating. Anyone know of how to do this without getting hired by Goodyear? Been looking online with no luck.
 
Besides seeking out training at the usual suspects (very expensive as I understand it, usually with a prerequisite commercial rating in some other category,) one other way is to buy a hot-air (thermal) airship and train in it - provided you can find a commercial airship pilot to do the training. I think Cameron Balloon may be one of the few commercial options: http://cameronballoons.com/airships.html

I found this Brazilian company with a $20,000 price for a Cameron built thermal airship: http://www.skyzepp.com/Hot_airship.pdf
I have no idea how realistic that is - seems low.

Or consider designing and building your own airship; good luck finding plans - and definitely no kits (which I find odd, given that airships predate airplanes). One starting point is the Experimental Lighter than Air web site http://www.xlta.org/
 
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