The American Blimp Corporation was founded in 1987, and in the following year commenced construction and development of the prototype Lightship A-50. In 1989 Virgin Lightships Inc a subsidiary of the Virgin Group of Companies, was formed as an airship operator and placed an order for four examples in 1990.

The Eagle has been produced in the United States since 1975 in single-seat Eagle form and two-seat form as the Double Eagle.

The Falcon was designed in the United States and produced by American Aircraft Inc of Albuquerque, New Mexico and produced in single and two-seat variants.