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Airlander 10: Maiden flight at last for longest aircraft
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| 08/17/2016
Posted on 08/17/2016 3:14:22 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The Airlander 10 - which is part plane and part airship - took off from Cardington Airfield in Bedfordshire.
Its original test flight on Sunday was postponed, but it finally left the ground at 19:40 BST.
The £25m aircraft measures 302ft (92m) long and is about 50ft (15m) longer than the biggest passenger jets.
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Christened the Martha Gwyn, the aircraft was first developed for the US government as a surveillance aircraft but the project was shelved amid defence cutbacks.
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The huge aircraft will be able to stay airborne for around five days during manned flights.
HAV claims it could be used for a variety of functions such as surveillance, communications, delivering aid and even passenger travel.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: aerospace; airlander; airlander10; aviation; blimp
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posted on
08/17/2016 3:14:22 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
08/17/2016 3:15:12 PM PDT
by
sparklite2
( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
To: BenLurkin
I try to avoid getting in things that can deflate and fall a mile down.
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posted on
08/17/2016 3:17:39 PM PDT
by
LouieFisk
To: sparklite2
Looks like a 1960 Buick...
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posted on
08/17/2016 3:20:56 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....I aint't likely fixin' nuttin'. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...)
To: Paladin2
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posted on
08/17/2016 3:22:00 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....I aint't likely fixin' nuttin'. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...)
To: sparklite2
Launched from a WW1 blimp base. How fitting.
To: sparklite2
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posted on
08/17/2016 3:26:21 PM PDT
by
ColdOne
(poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~We need our weaves, I don't use them,but we need them.)
To: Paladin2
It is not a plane. It is an LTA. Fins do not a plane make.
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posted on
08/17/2016 3:28:42 PM PDT
by
Gaffer
(fg)
To: Gaffer
True, it’s the Swedes who make Saab...
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posted on
08/17/2016 3:35:00 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Has there ever been a death associated with the Clintons that *wasn't* beneficial to them?)
To: BenLurkin
The huge aircraft will be able to stay airborne for around five days during manned flights.
= = =
Ground-based residents are warned to avoid the flight path.
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posted on
08/17/2016 3:37:06 PM PDT
by
Scrambler Bob
(As always, /s is implicitly assumed. Unless explicitly labled /not s. Saves keystrokes.)
To: BenLurkin
They should fill it with hydrogen. More lift than helium. What could possibly go wrong?
To: Gaffer
Who labeled it “Da Plane!”? Not me. A Buick was a car.
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posted on
08/17/2016 3:48:23 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....I aint't likely fixin' nuttin'. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...)
To: Professional Engineer
The U.S. Navy used blimps quite effectively during WWII as antisubmarine weapons. They’re quite stable - as long as you don’t fill them with highly flammable gas.
To: Paladin2
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posted on
08/17/2016 4:02:49 PM PDT
by
sparklite2
( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
To: colorado tanker
Yeah, but what most people forget is the Hindenburg was painted.
A powdered iron oxide red primer coat, and a powdered aluminum shiny top coat.
Powdered iron oxide and powdered aluminum, do you recognize that recipe?
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posted on
08/17/2016 4:07:17 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Has there ever been a death associated with the Clintons that *wasn't* beneficial to them?)
To: BenLurkin
If only this had been available in time to make it Obama’s Air Force One. At least it would have slowed his wake of destruction down a bit.
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posted on
08/17/2016 4:08:34 PM PDT
by
noiseman
(The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
To: BenLurkin
It is filled with helium so the passengers will sound funny.
To: null and void
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posted on
08/17/2016 4:17:49 PM PDT
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: minnesota_bound
It is filled with helium so the passengers will sound funny.Only the men.
The women would sound funny with herlium.
(or is that shelium?)
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posted on
08/17/2016 4:19:35 PM PDT
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: Gaffer
It generates aerodynamic lift with its gasbag shape. So it is a hybrid.
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posted on
08/17/2016 4:57:16 PM PDT
by
TalonDJ
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