The Aeroscraft Has Flown

http://gizmodo.com/the-aluminum-airship-of-the-future-has-finally-flown-1301320903

It looks like a huge manatee.

lush. A 500 ton lifting capacity for the big boy is mental! The potential is unbelievable if they can get it to work

Soooo ugly. Glad it's only the prototype! I read an article about airships being used as big floating hotels, kinda like cruise ships but in the air a number of years ago. Their use is probably limited to either that or possibly some kind of cargo transport surely? Everyone wants to go places faster and faster these days

  On 9/17/2013 at 6:10 AM, M360 said:

It looks like a huge manatee.

  On 9/17/2013 at 12:23 PM, Timothy Forward said:

Soooo ugly. Glad it's only the prototype! I read an article about airships being used as big floating hotels, kinda like cruise ships but in the air a number of years ago. Their use is probably limited to either that or possibly some kind of cargo transport surely? Everyone wants to go places faster and faster these days

It was being promoted for millitary equipment drop offs and load outs. Also, mining equip and other such where there are no decent roads, places like africa, the wild north of Canada. Could transport all sorts of shit when you look at it like that. As to it's time tested reliability well, we'll see.

Doesn't quite fit the artistic renderings either does it. Looking more snake oil burning in a pipe dream, than reality. shame that, hopefully it's kosher.

  On 9/17/2013 at 7:33 PM, joshuatx said:

 

  On 9/17/2013 at 6:10 AM, M360 said:

It looks like a huge manatee.

 

 

lol