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MOP
03-16-2009, 06:21 AM
It looks like we will see these in the near future, the FAA has given them a license to build.

http://www.aeroscraft.com/
Carl C
03-16-2009, 06:37 AM
It has a swimming pool!! I don't suppose they are very fast though; Looks like kind of a "cruise ship for the sky".

Ooops, never mind. That's not a pool. Pretty strange contraption though.

I need to stop getting up so early...............:blub:
Ghost
03-16-2009, 08:29 AM
Looks like the Hindenburg meets The Fifth Element...
boxy
03-16-2009, 01:04 PM
From the article ......
Unlike other aircraft, the Aeroscraft generates lift through a combination of aerodynamics, thrust vectoring and gas buoyancy generation and management
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Sort of like how Pearson generates bow lift in the Pumpkin...... :troll:
ChromeGorilla
03-16-2009, 01:10 PM
A behemoth for sure....

A couple months ago I saw an Airbus A380 in Singapore at the airport..... holy crap wanna talk about big....:eek:
Lenny
03-16-2009, 01:24 PM
I can't see too many people lining up for a flight from Seattle to Miami to the tune of 14 HOURS :eek: :eek: :eek:

6 is bad enough.
zelatore
03-16-2009, 02:09 PM
Well, I see these guys out flying regularly:
http://www.airshipventures.com/?gclid=CIfNuNiRqJkCFQpinAodymxWqA

Not as big as the beast above, but still a little freaky to see it cruise over.

But we've had big airships before. The Akron comes to mind at nearly 800 ft long:
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/ac-usn22/z-types/zrs4-v.htm
Notice that she carried several fighter planes as well. Must have been quite interesting to 'land'.