The Age of the Airship Returns?

Popular in Victorian and Steampunk fantasies, airships and zeppelins evoke a undoubtful elegance that most contemporary travelers don’t associate with the airplane. Some companies are capitalizing on that concept, and a need to move cargo by air in an era of ever-increasing fuel costs, to re-re-introduce commercial zeppelins. Popular

Mechanics notes four notable airship designs, all with specific design motives. One craft in specific, the Aeroscraft ML866, is being funded by the US

government’s DARPA group. It looks to combine the best elements of the helicopter and the zeppelin. “The Aeroscraft ML866’s potentially revolutionary Control of Static Heaviness system compresses and decompresses helium in the 210-ft.-long envelope, changing that proposed sky yacht’s buoyancy during […]

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