Source: StreetInsider.com
Aeroscraft manufacturer Aeros announced today the members of its flight test crew, who are now under final preparations for a historic first flight within the coming weeks aboard a new innovative lighter-than-air vehicle designed to transport oversized cargo above the clouds later this decade.
Sources: bbc.co.uk, jimmcquaid.wordpress.com, ozreport.com
BBC Two and BBC Four Controller Janice Hadlow announced a scientific mission across the United States.
A team of scientists will be taking to the skies in the world’s largest airship – the Skyship 600 – for BBC Two’s ambitious atmospheric experiment – Cloud Lab. Flying from coast to coast, across the USA, in a month-long expedition, the team of British scientists will scrutinize insect life, the relationship between trees and the air we breathe as well as predicting where a hurricane is likely to hit the land.
Sources: The Moscow News and RosAeroSystems
Blimps are making a comeback in Russia as more and more are being built for many purposes to include tourism, gathering weather information, as well as being used in the film industry.
Source: University of Cambridge
An investigation into how the Zeppelins worked, and how they were defeated, led by Cambridge engineer Hugh Hunt, forms the subject of a Channel 4 documentary this coming Monday.
Source: Aviationweek.com
By Bill Sweetman
Northrop Grumman is looking at the potential of “really large” unmanned airships for commercial freight transport, Tom Vice, president of the company’s Aerospace Systems segment, said in Washington Aug. 20. Continue reading