Collaborate Disseminate
If you want to get high-speed internet to people in remote communities, why not simply beam it to them from a high-flying blimp-like aircraft? That’s just one of the proposed purposes of the Sceye HAPS, which uses solar power to hover in the stratosphe… Continue reading Solar silver flyer takes to the sky to boost internet access on the ground
Google co-founder Sergey Brin quietly founded LTA Research in 2015, and its massive Pathfinder 1 rigid airship prototype is preparing for its first outdoor flights, with a view to speeding up disaster response and starting zero-infrastructure cargo fli… Continue reading Sergey Brin’s 400-foot airship reportedly cleared for takeoff
Zero-emissions long-distance aviation is absolutely possible… Provided you’re not in a hurry. Solar Airship One will take 20 days to fly all the way around the equator, some 40,000 km (~25,000 miles), in a single zero-emissions hop.Continue ReadingCa… Continue reading Solar-powered airship will circle the world non-stop without fuel
H2 Clipper presents a very compelling case to bring back an extremely controversial technology, saying that large electric airships lifted and powered by green hydrogen stand ready to transport massive cargo loads over enormous distances much faster th… Continue reading Zero-emissions hydrogen cargo airship prototype planned for 2025
The last time we checked in with the UK’s Hybrid Air Vehicles, the company had just confirmed that its Airlander 10 airship would fly with both diesel engines and electric motors. With production planned to start this year, a new agreement with the Air… Continue reading Air Nostrum signs up as Airlander 10 launch airline
Sailing the world’s oceans in a yacht is all very well and good, but what if you want to cruise over the land as well as on the water? Well, that’s where the AirYacht is designed to come in, as it combines an airship with a yacht.Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading AirYacht would let passengers cruise both in the air and on the water
Pierpaolo Lazzarini is no stranger to pushing the envelope when it comes to design concepts – be it swan-inspired superyachts, crab-inspired catamarans, retro-futuristic flying cars or a city of floating pyramids. His latest effort, the Air Yacht, is d… Continue reading Majestic flying catamaran concept reimagines the blimp
California startup H2 Clipper wants to bring back hydrogen-filled airships, claiming they can unlock completely green intercontinental cargo operations carrying 8-10 times the payload of any cargo plane over 6,000 miles, at a quarter of the price.Conti… Continue reading Could hydrogen airships return as fast, cheap, green cargo transports?