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Popular Mechanics
October 2006
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Just Don't Call it a Blimp It might look like something out of a Jules Verne novel, but this prototype of a hybrid airship could hold the key to tomorrow's long-distance, low-cost air transport.   |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2010
Ron Hochstetler |
Airships for the 21st Century Long-duration, heavy-lift designs breathe new life into the world's oldest aircraft technology |
Wired
August 2000
Mike Steere |
The Baron's Big Balloon A German aristocrat-businessman is relaunching the age of the airship, armed with millions in the bank and a team of crack engineers. Can superblimps rise again? |
Popular Mechanics
February 2008
Erik Sofge |
4 New 'Blimp' Designs Bring Return of the Airship The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency recently announced funding for an innovative, ballast-free airship technology. |
Scientific American
March 21, 2005
Steven Ashley |
Aerial Base Station Trying again: stratospheric airships for wireless communications. |
Popular Mechanics
July 7, 2009
Christopher DeMorro |
Solar-Powered Airship: Project Sol'R Flies on Rays and Hydrogen French engineering and tech students have created a 2.4-kilowatt, solar-powered airship. While they have proven that this one-man dirigible floats, they have yet to take it for a test run. |
Wired
August 18, 2008
James Lee |
Blimpin' Ain't Easy: Crossing the English Channel in a Pedal-Powered Airship* A 39-year-old Frenchman is hoping to cross the English Channel in a homemade, pedal-powered airship. |
Inc.
March 1, 2003
Eamon Javers |
Case Study: Spy in the Sky Having leased blimps to clients like Fuji Film, a company considers a whole new market: homeland security. |
| Science News |
Science Past From The Issue Of May 23, 1959 It was once conjectured that America's first nuclear-powered aircraft could be a huge blimp. |
