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Lockheed’s airship gets the green light: FAA approves hybrid vehicle...
The Daily Mail ^
| Nov. 19, 2015
| Ellie Zolfagharifard and Hugo Gye
Posted on 11/20/2015 1:57:39 PM PST by SatinDoll
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Cool aircraft. Doesn't need an airport.
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posted on
11/20/2015 1:57:39 PM PST
by
SatinDoll
To: SatinDoll
Looks like Michelle’s rear end.
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posted on
11/20/2015 2:00:41 PM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
To: SatinDoll
To: SatinDoll
There you go tons of UFO sightings solved
To: InterceptPoint
THANK YOU FOR POSTING THE IMAGE. I SINCERELY APPRECIATE IT.
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posted on
11/20/2015 2:05:32 PM PST
by
SatinDoll
(A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN IS BORN IN THE USA OF TWO USA CITIZENS)
To: SatinDoll
I remember when a FReeper first reported seeing this aircraft - inflated and on the ground - outside a Lockheed plant, possibly in Palmdale. That was probably ten or twelve years ago.
They might even have posted a picture of it at that time.
If I recall correctly, Lockheed issued a public statement explaining that they were testing a prototype of a new project, and that this project was internally funded.
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posted on
11/20/2015 2:06:53 PM PST
by
Steely Tom
(Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
To: SatinDoll
I hope this does not go over like a led balloon.
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posted on
11/20/2015 2:07:14 PM PST
by
fooman
(Get real with Kim Jung Mentally Ill about proliferation)
To: SatinDoll
They should fill it with hydrogen. It’s lighter than helium, and cheaper, too.
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posted on
11/20/2015 2:07:44 PM PST
by
thesharkboy
(posting without reading the article since 1998)
To: SatinDoll
Just don’t let them get anywhere near a hurricane.
To: butlerweave
LOL!!
Unfortunately I do not believe that applies in instances where the UFO disappears straight-up very, very quickly. These aircraft do not move all that fast, and as for straight-up...no!
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posted on
11/20/2015 2:07:57 PM PST
by
SatinDoll
(A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN IS BORN IN THE USA OF TWO USA CITIZENS)
To: SatinDoll
It doesn't need an airport, it needs a bra.
/johnny
To: JRandomFreeper
To: InterceptPoint
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posted on
11/20/2015 2:13:56 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
To: SatinDoll
To: crosdaddy
Someone needs their eyes checked. ;)
/johnny
To: InterceptPoint
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posted on
11/20/2015 2:17:52 PM PST
by
PTBAA
To: SatinDoll
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posted on
11/20/2015 2:17:55 PM PST
by
tophat9000
(King G(OP)eorge III has no idea why the Americans stPatr a in rebellion... teach him why)
To: InterceptPoint; Larry Lucido; SaveFerris; FredZarguna; PROCON
That reminds me, has anyone seen the movie
Blimp: The Hindenburg Story?
I found it morose. Why dwell on these negative themes? Right in the middle, the ship blows up-burning debris, bodies falling-and then just as this eerie silence settles over the airfield, I yelled out, "That's gotta hurt!"
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posted on
11/20/2015 2:22:05 PM PST
by
Gamecock
(Preach the gospel daily, use words if necessary is like saying Feed the hungry use food if necessary)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; Calpublican; cardinal4; ColdOne; ..
What's the difference between a blimp and 365 used condoms? One is a good year, the other is a great year! /rimshot!
BTW, heavy-lift balloons have been in development all over the 1st World for a long while, funding always goes south, as there is not enough lift to do jobs that can't otherwise be done, and not enough jobs of that kind to justify further development costs.
The other 'new' idea that resurfaces every now and again is the high-altitude tethered windmill; weighs 20 tons, and the only idea keeping it aloft would be the same technology as we use to fly kites. Yeah, that should work.
Combining these ideas -- heavy-lift balloons and tethered high-altitude windmills -- might work out... ;')
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posted on
11/20/2015 2:23:16 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: fooman
**I hope this does not go over like a
led balloon.
Yeah, that would be series.
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posted on
11/20/2015 2:23:36 PM PST
by
Gamecock
(Preach the gospel daily, use words if necessary is like saying Feed the hungry use food if necessary)
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