Source: Hybrid Air Vehicles – hybridairvehicles.com
Airlander successfully completed its final validation and verification four-engine test on Tuesday 4 April, which means it is now flight-ready. A number of further confirmatory tests will be undertaken outside, after which the Airlander will fly under permissions granted by the European Aviation Safety Agency and the UK CAA.
Source: The Telegraph – telegraph.co.uk
By: Jon Yeomans
Giant helium-fueled airships could soon be plying the skies – and a Tanzania-based gas explorer hopes to be joining them for the ride.
Source: Hybrid Air Vehicles – hybridairvehicles.com
The Airlander Team can today announce two significant enhancements to the aircraft ahead of its imminent Hangar Exit and resumption of its Flight Test Program.
- The all-new Auxiliary Landing System
- The Mobile Mooring Mast
Source: Las Cruces Sun-News – lcsun-news.com
By Jason Gibbs
Boeing has moved one step closer to carrying astronauts to the International Space Station.
Source: Daily Journal – dailyjournal.net
By John Rogers
Excerpt
Goodyear has let the helium out of the last of its fabled fleet of blimps, but the company’s flight program will continue.