Posted on 11/19/2017 8:38:06 AM PST by infool7
The world's longest aircraft has collapsed to the ground less than 24 hours after a successful test flight. The Airlander 10 - a combination of a plane and an airship - was seen to "break in two" at an airfield in Bedfordshire, an eyewitness said. "it appeared the Airlander broke free from its mooring mast, triggering a safety system which deflates the aircraft." Two people on the ground suffered minor injuries.
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Oh! Thee...
Darn you slow fingers!!
Earlier Airlander thread from last year:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3460470/posts?page=52
Be a great ASW platform.
It would have to be able to stay up in the air for that. It seems that they can’t leave these things out of the hanger for more than 48 hours without them blowing away.
It looks like a big butt
“broke free from its mooring mast, triggering a safety system which deflates the aircraft”
Sensationalist headline
Amazon.com is said to be considering blimp/zeppelin “warehouses” in the sky.
![](https://s7.postimg.org/n3jthek6j/Airlander.jpg")
Airship Kardashian?
You would have thought that happened with the Hindenburg
Sounds risky, I wonder what company would be willing to insure such a venture. I can hear the phone call now.
Amazon: We want to insure our inventory?
Potential Insurer: OK, what is the address of your warehouse?
Amazon: It’s going to be floating way up in the sky.
Potential Insurer: How close is the nearest fire department?
Amazon: It will vary with the prevailing winds.
Potential Insurer: You’re joking right.
Amazon: Nope.
Potential Insurer: Click... Ringtone.
Think of the liability when on eventually crashes. These are supposed to be near where people live since the drones will be delivering goods from them.
https://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/29/amazon-flying-warehouse-deploy-delivery-drones-patent.html
Amazon wins patent for a flying warehouse that will deploy drones to deliver parcels in minutes
Arjun Kharpal | @ArjunKharpal
Published 7:04 AM ET Thu, 29 Dec 2016
Don't think I'd try to re-inflate with my bicycle pump, that would do wonders for the arms and back but seriously, how long do you want to be doing that?
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