Google Co-Founder building a Secret Airship

Well it appears we now are learning why Google decided to rebuild Hanger One at Moffett field. Sergey Brin one of the co-founders of google is allegedly building an Airship. The Why and How of the matter are all secret at this point but it's great to see that some of the big leaders in technology are finally starting to see the potential that Airships have to make the world a better place, and are actively doing something about it!

I can't wait to see what Brin has under raps. From the article, it sounded like they were building something with a variable buoyancy system. Dose this mean that they are perhaps building the next Aeroscraft at Moffett field? Aeros did announce on their facebook that construction of the next Aeroscraft was underway, yet we have heard nothing since then. Could they have made a secret deal with Brin?

Only time will tell.

Airlander Test Flight Imminent.

Airlander has emerged from it's hanger and is preparing for more test flights to come in the next few days. During the repair process the engineers installed extra balloon cushions to insure that when the Airlander comes in for a landing that it will have a much larger allowable angle of decent when approaching the ground.

These cushions are certainly an odd looking solution, but they are functional which is all that really matters at the end of the day. No doubt that when HAV develops the actual production prototype they will come up with a more elegant looking solution.

Whatever the case, lets all wish the Airlander 10 the best of luck and that it will have many hundreds of accident free flight hours ahead of it.