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Airlander 10 reaches 'highest altitude so far'

After a "bumpy" start this exciting project seems to be making progress at last, hopefully can be commercial success also?

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-40272708
  • Hi Andrew

    Thanks for posting this update on the Airlander project, its excellent to see that they are making good progress with their test flights.  I'm hoping in due course that there might be the option to develop a passenger craft, as I can't think of a better way of viewing the landscape than from an airship.
  • Another Test Flight completed yesterday evening. 

    Airlander flew for a little over 3 hours again.

    Test Objectives revolved around expanding the flight envelope and further testing of the flight characteristics.

    The next few flights will be a few weeks apart, in order to give time for a full analysis of the data collected on the flight, and plan, prepare and train for each subsequent flight.


    D. M. Lindley

    Head of Safety - Hybrid Air Vehicles

    Chairman IET Aerospace Technical Professional Network


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