Category Archives: Hybrid Airships

Airships Are Coming to the Middle East

Source: AINonline – ainonline.com By Chris Pocock Two projects that would bring airships to the UAE for tourist sightseeing with a difference are being discussed here at the Dubai Airshow.

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World’s Longest Aircraft, the Airlander 10 Crashes in a Field Sparking Fears of Helium Gas and Fuel Leaks

Updated with Hybrid Air Vehicles Official Statement (Scroll down to read the official statement) Source: DailyMail – dailymail.co.uk By Sophie Inge The world’s longest aircraft was seriously damaged on Saturday after it slipped its moorings and crashed into a field.

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Airlander Aims High with Luxury Tourism Variant

Source: Hybrid Air Vehicles – hybridairvehicles.com The Airlander Team have made two significant deals this week to make a tourism version of their unique low carbon aircraft a reality.

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Expanding the Envelope

Source: Royal Aeronautical Society – aerosociety.com By Tim Robinson  At a RAeS Flight Test Group Lecture, Hybrid Air Vehicles detailed the flight test progress and next steps in flying one of world’s biggest and most innovative aircraft – the Airlander … Continue reading

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LMH-1 airship “float out” pushed to 2019

Source: Skies – skiesmag.com By Howard Slutsken Originally planned for next year, the first flight of Lockheed Martin’s LMH-1 hybrid airship is now expected in 2019, according to Dr. Bob Boyd, program manager, LMH-1.

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