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Giant helium-filled airship Airlander takes off for 1st time
Yahoo News ^
| 8/17/16
| Jill Lawless - AP
Posted on 08/17/2016 3:36:00 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
LONDON (AP) — A blimp-shaped, helium-filled airship considered the world's largest aircraft flew for the first time Wednesday with a short but historic jaunt over an airfield in central England.
Engines roaring, the 302-foot (92-meter) Airlander 10 rose slowly into the air from Cardington airfield, 45 miles (73 kilometers) north of London.
A hybrid of blimp, helicopter and airplane, it can stay aloft for days at a time and has been nicknamed the "flying bum" because of its bulbous front end.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: aerospace; airlander; airlander10; blimp
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To: NormsRevenge
Looks like the Pilsbury dough boy / Michelin man. Call the Ghostbusters!
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posted on
08/17/2016 4:13:07 PM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
08/17/2016 4:15:29 PM PDT
by
beethovenfan
(Islam is a cancer on civilization.)
To: NormsRevenge
To: NormsRevenge
What could possible go wrong?
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posted on
08/17/2016 4:17:44 PM PDT
by
RetiredTexasVet
(The Mofia is a private crime family; whereas, the DOJ is the gov't's political crime family.)
To: NormsRevenge
I have flown on a C-5 many times, from Germany to Dover, and California to the Philippines and back. It is pretty short on creature comforts, but it was free. No airline tickets needed. 😀
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posted on
08/17/2016 4:18:05 PM PDT
by
Mark17
(The love of God, how rich and pure, how measureless and strong. It shall forevermore endure.)
To: NFHale; DJ Taylor
Depends on if they coated in solid rocket propellant like (rumored) the Hindenberg.
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posted on
08/17/2016 4:21:39 PM PDT
by
infool7
(The ugly truth is just a big lie.)
To: central_va
“A great ASW platform.”
What kind of defenses does it have? Looks like it would be a sitting duck for a surface to air missile.
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posted on
08/17/2016 4:26:32 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Vote Against Oppressive Humidity!)
To: DJ Taylor
Google USS Akron and USS Macon. They were also Helium filled but were unable to survive foul weather. After the USS Akron and USS Macon crashed in foul weather and lost their entire crews, the USS Los Angeles was grounded and never flew again.
And the R-101 in the UK, 3 years before the USS Akron
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R101
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posted on
08/17/2016 4:27:15 PM PDT
by
az_gila
To: NormsRevenge
*SMIRK*
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posted on
08/17/2016 4:32:30 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
To: NormsRevenge
That thing will scare the chickens.
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posted on
08/17/2016 4:36:13 PM PDT
by
jetson
To: Rebelbase
Subs have no anti air capabilities.
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posted on
08/17/2016 4:38:31 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: Celerity
Cameras work really well these days..........
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posted on
08/17/2016 4:53:59 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
To: central_va
“Subs have no anti air capabilities”
Some do. Lotta planes got shot down by Uboats.
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posted on
08/17/2016 4:55:22 PM PDT
by
TalonDJ
To: NormsRevenge
Looks like a giant hotdog in a bun!!..........A new Weinermobile!......
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posted on
08/17/2016 4:58:41 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
To: central_va
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posted on
08/17/2016 5:09:47 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
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To: Rebelbase
Subs will never have an anti air capabilities. They will never have the real time sensors to do that. That would defeat the purpose of being a sub.
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posted on
08/17/2016 5:13:27 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: TalonDJ
Some do. Lotta planes got shot down by Uboats.A modern sub comes to comm depth (around 90 feet) twice a day to transmit/receive satellite messages. Then they stay down at least 400 feet. Once they go on patrol they never surface. The will never be threat to an air platform.
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posted on
08/17/2016 5:15:56 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: NormsRevenge
The Daily Mail article says it currently can carry a 10 ton payload. 200 tons is a bit down the road. They plan to build a 50 ton version next.
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posted on
08/17/2016 5:22:25 PM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
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To: DJ Taylor
You know, I actually do remember reading about Akron and Macon. I just didn’t remember that they had helium in them.
Think about the Germans using those giant bastards during WWI to bomb England... you’d never hear them coming until they were right on top of you.
But one incendiary round from an AA gun and Boom... done.
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posted on
08/17/2016 5:34:41 PM PDT
by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
To: infool7; DJ Taylor
RE Rocket Propellant:
Now that I have not heard... why in the world would they do that???
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posted on
08/17/2016 5:35:43 PM PDT
by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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