Really neat looking.
1 posted on
09/11/2013 5:16:51 AM PDT by
C19fan
To: C19fan
2 posted on
09/11/2013 5:21:01 AM PDT by
kinsman redeemer
(The real enemy seeks to devour what is good.)
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4 posted on
09/11/2013 5:25:20 AM PDT by
KC_Lion
(Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.-Sarah Palin)
To: C19fan
115 MPH IAS top end. About like our old Aeronca Champ on a good day.
Will require good flight planning for winds aloft.
Be really cool for heavy lifting jobs too - like bridge structures *IF* it can hover well. (vs. the Sky Crane)
5 posted on
09/11/2013 5:25:32 AM PDT by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
To: C19fan
[In the photos with the article] The guy on the left was a crewman on the Hindenburg, wasn’t he?
;-)
6 posted on
09/11/2013 5:29:32 AM PDT by
WayneS
(Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos...)
To: C19fan
It would be neater if they had one which could move oil rigs...without the assembly and disassembly of the truck portable units we have now.
7 posted on
09/11/2013 5:30:21 AM PDT by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: C19fan
I can see these being very useful for disaster relief.
8 posted on
09/11/2013 5:32:57 AM PDT by
WayneS
(Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos...)
To: C19fan
Its feet and belly button are kind of cute. I’d feel a little better if it didn’t fly with its eyes closed.
To: C19fan
but after the horror of the Hindenburg disaster, they disappeared from the skies for more than 75 years
Blatantly stupid and ignorant journalists are a scourge.
10 posted on
09/11/2013 5:55:27 AM PDT by
TalonDJ
To: C19fan
What's the word?
Thunderbird!
To: C19fan
I hope it is successful. I’d love to travel by airship.
13 posted on
09/11/2013 6:29:18 AM PDT by
Little Ray
(How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
To: C19fan
To: C19fan
Have you heard? What’s the word? It’s Thunderbird.
19 posted on
09/11/2013 7:39:14 AM PDT by
dfwgator
To: C19fan
250 tons of lift is pretty significant. Airships could easily be used for a lot of things that can’t readily be shipped overland. If it is truely economical to operate, it could also mean that manufacturing facilities for some things that today need to be in areas that can provide transport (i.e., near shipyards and such), could be located elsewhere. Or it might change the manufacturing processes, such that some larger things wouldn’t be shipped in smaller pieces like they are today, and assembled on-site. You could assemble it all at the factory, then ship the entire unit. Interesting possibilities.
21 posted on
09/11/2013 11:27:08 AM PDT by
zeugma
(Is it evil of me to teach my bird to say "here kitty, kitty"?)
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