Category Archives: Hybrid Airships

Aeros Granted Utility Patent for Aeroscraft Cargo Airship’s ‘Aerostructure’

Source: Aeroscraft Corporation- Aeroscraft.com Patent Recognizes Lightweight Aeroshell that Supports Cargo Payloads, Structural Integrity and Aerodynamic Loading Capability, While Contributing Added Benefits of Aerodynamic Lift in Flight

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Airlander 10: World’s ‘Largest’ Aircraft Readies for Takeoff

Source: CNN – cnn.com It’s hard to imagine keeping secrets about an aircraft so spectacularly huge that the Guinness Book of Records is believed to be just days away from rubber-stamping its entry. But until the vast new Airlander 10 … Continue reading

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Lockheed Martin Offers a Peek at Its Blimp-like Hybrid Airship

Source: Los Angeles Tines –latimes.com By Samantha Masunaga The secretive Skunk Works in Palmdale has over the years spawned such sleek aircraft as the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane and the F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter. Today, one of the facility’s hangars … Continue reading

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Back to Blimps? Lockheed Martin Will Show Off Its Hybrid Airship

Source: Los Angeles Tines –latimes.com By Samantha Masunaga Lockheed Martin Corp. will give the media a first look at its Hybrid Airship prototype at the defense giant’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale on Wednesday.

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Two Airships Prepare for Maiden Flights in March

There are two airships that expect to make their maiden flights in March. One of them is the second Goodyear Blimp NT being built at the Wingfoot Lake Hangar in Northeast Ohio, the other is the Airlander being built by … Continue reading

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