Category Archives: High Altitude Airships

UK Team Eyes Solar-Powered Airship Potential

Source: The Engineer – theengineer.co.uk Researchers from the University of Lincoln, UK, have completed a three year investigation into stratospheric passenger airships as part of a multi-national engineering project designed to provide a future sustainable air transport network.

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NASA floats million-dollar airship prize for 20-20-20 vision

Source: The Register – theregister.co.uk By Richard Chirgwin Balloons wanted: must stay 20km high for 20 hours and return 20kg payload.

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Airships That Carry Science into the Stratosphere

Source: nytimes.com – The New York Times By Joshua A. Krisch Modern Research Borne on a Relic Airships are dusty relics of aviation history. Lighter-than-air vehicles conjure images of the Hindenburg, in its glory and destruction, and the Goodyear Blimp, … Continue reading

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