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ABC was founded in 1987 by James Thiele. The company's lightships (proprietary blimps) are the A-60 and A-60+, as well as the A-150 and A-170. The website says, "There are more A-60+ airships flying in commercial service than those of all other manufacturers combined."WEB,weblink About American Blimp, Americanblimp.com, 2011-06-15,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110707131307weblink">weblink 2011-07-07, dead, In 1995, it launched the Spector series, with a gondola capable of nine passengers plus the pilot.In 1999, American Blimp Company purchased Simply Blimps, the world's largest manufacturer and distributor of remote controlled arena blimps for $US 95MM.The blimps feature internal lights and translucent envelopes for the advertising and sales promotion markets. The airship's envelopes are manufactured by ILC Dover's Lighter than air division based in Frederica, Delaware.{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}}Oregon facilities
Its Hillsboro location has a {{convert|2300|m2|sqft|adj=on}} facility and leased space in the former US Navy airship hangar at Tillamook, Oregon. There are 45 employees in Oregon.The Lightship Group
Wholly owned subsidiary The Lightship Group (TLG) sells lightships and is based in Orlando, Florida and has more than 200 employees. TLG was formed in 1995 as a partnership of Virgin Lightship and ABC's Lightship America. In 2002, ABC acquired control of the group. In 2012, TLG was acquired by Van Wagner Communications LLC, and operated under The Van Wagner Airship Group until 2017, when it was purchased by Airsign Inc.TLG has contracted with Goodyear to operate the Goodyear Blimp outside of the United States, in Europe and countries such as Australia, Brazil, and China; this includes airships such as the "Spirit of Europe 1" and 2 as well as the "Spirit of the South Pacific". It was one of TLG's Goodyear airships that crashed in Reichelsheim, Germany on 14 June 2011, resulting in the death of Michael Nerandzic, an experienced pilot whose last-minute actions saved the lives of his three passengers.According to its website, the AirSign Airship Group is the "world's largest airship operator, providing integrated, full service Airship advertising and promotion programs for companies such as Goodyear, Met Life, General Motors, DirecTV and Sanyo."Aircraft
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