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| Company type | Private |
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| Founded | 1987 |
| Headquarters | Hillsboro, Oregon, USA 45°32′21″N 122°57′16″W / 45.53913°N 122.95444°W |
| Products | non rigid airships |
| Subsidiaries | The Lightship Group |
| Website | www |
American Blimp Corporation (ABC) is an American privately owned Hillsboro, Oregon-based company that is the largest manufacturer of blimps in the United States. It manufactures the hardware and rigging for the Lightship and Spector brands of airships. In 2012, American Blimp Corporation and The Lightship Group were acquired by Van Wagner Communications LLC, and became referred to as the Van Wagner Airship Group.[1] On November 17, 2017, the Florida-based AirSign Inc. purchased the American Blimp Corporation and the Van Wagner Airship Group. In additional to getting 15 airships in the acquisition, AirSign also purchased the A-170 airship (MZ-3A) from the U.S. Navy. With ownership and management of Van Wagner's global airship operations, including staff with decades of experience in the airship industry, AirSign became as the world's largest airship company.
- ^ "Van Wagner buys The Lightship Group, American Blimp Corp. - New York Business Journal". Bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2015-12-23.