Lockheed Martin Hybrid Airship Certification Plan for Commercial Transport Approved by the FAA

Crop2Source: Lockheed Martin – lockheedmartin.com

The Federal Aviation Administration (Seattle Aircraft Certification Office) recently approved Lockheed Martin’s project specific certification plan for the Hybrid Airship.

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Pilot Plans to Bring Zeppelins to Dubai

Zep Dub sqSource: Aviation Week – Show News – aviationweek.com

By: Angus Batey

Whoever said dreaming is free has clearly never spoken to Capt. Khalid Al-Ansari. The Emirati pilot, who flies transport aircraft for the government, has spent “enough money to build a house” on a concept that would use airships to turn the cities of Dubai and Abu Dhabi into living exhibits in a most unusual gallery.

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What will become of blimp hangar? Tustin searches for developer to create ‘urban village’ at site

Tustin Blimp HangarsSource: The Orange County Register – ocregister.com

By Brooke Edwards Staggs

Plans are advancing to give one of Tustin’s historic blimp hangars new life, as part of an “urban village” in the heart of the Tustin Legacy community.

The City Council will vote Tuesday night on an exclusive agreement with OliverMcMillan – which helped redevelop San Diego’s famed Gaslamp Quarter – to draft plans for a mixed-used project that will incorporate the 73-year-old former military hangar.

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Alphabet’s Stratospheric Loon Balloons to Start Serving Internet to Indonesia

_Google_Loonx299Source: MIT Technology Review – technologyreview.com

By Tom Simonite

The high-flying Internet balloons dreamed up by Google will get their biggest test yet in 2016.

New ways to deliver Internet connectivity could help the billions of people who don’t have Internet access or can’t afford it.

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Helium fill and floatation mark new milestones for Airlander’s return to flight

2051169_AirlanderSource: The Engineer – theengineer.co.uk

The world’s largest aircraft reached another milestone over the weekend when it received its first helium fill and was floated for the first time.

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