JP Aerospace Launches Prototype

If you don't know about JP Aerospace, they are Airship enthusiasts trying to use Airships to get to space. They recently launched a prototype that you can read about here.

Solarship get's it's First Customer

Africa-based Manaf Freighters has just ordered 4 Solarships. This is great news for the little company that is trying to make a big difference. I still hope that Solarship can make just as big of an impact in the first world as it can in the 3rd world. In my mind there really is no better candidate for a personal flying machine in luau of a flying car. It's essentially the perfect design for cheaply hoping around town in.

Flying Hospitals Coming to the 3rd World Very Soon

Strightline Aviation has signed up with RAD-AID International to deliver flying hospitals to the 3rd world.

This is one of those projects that really shows the altruistic benefits of Hybrid Airships. It's good to see that Lockheed is willing to spend a good amount of money on something that will not generate profits but will provide untold millions in social benefits down the line.

This is one of the key elements in a myriad of other possibility that the Hybrid Airship can deliver that will eventually lead to total world peace, I believe.

Airships open up doors that have been closed for all of human history until now, we just need to turn the key.

3 to 4 Month Repair for Airlander 10

It sounds like the damage is not as bad as it had initially looked, as HAV is now saying it will only take them 3 to 4 months to repair.

It's also been revealed that the crash was probably due to the pilot's reaction to the mooring line getting lose. The pilots knew the mooring line was hanging too low so they flew high to avoid hitting anything. However when they came in to land they were too high and didn't develop a good enough strategy to get the airship back on the ground safely.

Thus as I have said before, there is indeed nothing wrong with the Hybrid Airship's Design. It's important to keep in mind that the test pilots have no checklist when things go wrong like airliners do. Everything is seat of the pants flying, and the pilots need to develop their own strategies on the fly when things go wrong.

Testing new and revolutionary aircraft is no easy task, but this accident I do believe is a one timer and the test pilots will develop a proper procedure so that any pilot in the future will know what to do in the same situation.

All and all it's good news.

Airlander will Recover

I believe Hybrid Air Vehicles will recover. The damage was only to the Gondola and it sounds like from the statements made in this article, HAV can fix the damage and Airlander 10 will fly again. This will be a real test for the company, but if they come through they will gain expertise in repairing badly damaged Airlanders, something they will need to learn to give themselves an edge, over Lockheed and Aeros.