Source: 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.
Source: 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.
Source: 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.
Source: 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.