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New Generation Airship - sailorsam - 11-11-2023
https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/business/2023/11/10/pathfinder-1-airship-akron-after-passing-flying-tests-goodyear-blimp/71528383007/
More than 2,500 miles away from Akron in Silicon Valley, what engineers say is the world's largest airship took flight for the first time. This massive snow-white zeppelin-like ship is slated to soar across the skies and land in the Rubber City at a yet-to-be-determined time.
Called Pathfinder 1, the electric prototype was created by engineers and developers at LTA Research, Lighter Than Air, to test a different form of climate-friendly air travel, according to an Akron Beacon Journal story from 2022.
The electric aircraft took 10 years to develop, is larger than three Boeing 737s and is estimated to carry more cargo than a Boeing 737, LTA Research CEO Alan Weston told TechCrunch, a science and technology publication.
ripstop nylon bags with helium will make it much safer.
looking forward to these. I've always felt airship technology has never been sufficiently utilized.