Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
Remote-controlled flying shark and clownfish. [VIDEO]
via wimp.com
Entries Tagged as 'airships'
Thursday, August 5th, 2010
Airships: a second age
via telegraph.co.uk “Whatever you want to call it, the new technology has just won the company (or rather, their US defence contractor ally Northrop Grumman) a contract with the United States Department of Defence to the tune of half a billion dollars. In just 12 months the team at Cardington must build a 300ft-long surveillance [...]
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
Ron Paul blimp website now accepting donations
The Ron Paul Blimp project is now taking donations. So far, they’ve raised $89,000. If they can get to $200,000 by Friday, they can get the balloon in the air in time for the Boston Tea Party on December 16th.
Friday, September 7th, 2007
Zeppelin Airships Return to the US
Airship Ventures is a company created to run and operate an airship tour business in the San Francisco Bay Area. They plan to start selling tickets sometime in 2008. A recent press release:
Sunday, August 26th, 2007
Festo Air Ray
http://www.festo.com/INetDomino/coorp_sites/en/c79c5d07d5805095c12572b9006f04f5.htm “Air_ray, modelled on the manta ray, is a remote-controlled hybrid construction consisting of a helium-filled ballonet and a beating wing drive. Its light design makes it possible for it to “swim” in the sea of air, boosted by helium, in a similar way to the manta ray in water. Propulsion is achieved by a [...]
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007
Going up?
“I started thinking, what can carry more weight and needs less power?” he said. “The answer is a blimp.” Nachbar’s solution could be seen soaring high above a field on a cloudless morning last month: a 102-foot blimp designed with co inventor Michael Kuehlmuss to resemble a bee. It’s nickname is Alberto. Blimps may not [...]
Tuesday, May 15th, 2007
21st Century Airship videos
SA-60 Airship taking off and landing (9 MB WMV file). A video from a news story.
