Airship Scammers?

I was running through the comment section on the CNBC Article about the deal between Lockheed and this one guy was posting crap that got my attention. Going by the name Campbell, he posted this nonsense:

"the so-called 'hybrid airships" such as "LMH-1" "Airlander" "Aerocat" "Aeroscraft" are no more than novely; and as such, detrimental to the advance of the greater lighter-than-air industry"

Then in another post he posted to a page that I read a good potion of that talked about this mythical "HARBOR REACH" military operation where theses commanders were quoted as saying how great Turtle Airships are, and how they conducted this mission with a few 500 ton hauling airships and where amazed at what they could do.

And that the government should spend 3 billion on only Turtle Airships because they are the ONLY company that can build airships like this... all of which I knew couldn't be true. But it was written in a way that almost had me fooled into thinking, did I miss something?

I finally realized after putting the puzzle together that this webpage that was probably put up by Turtle Airships, was an obvious con-job designed to draw in unwitting investment funds from crowd funding or some other such investment scam.

Their fake webpage, looked just like a webpage I remember a few years back where someone was trying to sell Blender as a closed source application, even though Blender is open source and free.

I don't know, maybe we should feel proud of the fact that our little Airships industry is big enough now to draw the attention of scammers, but I refuse to let anyone get hurt by these con-men.

Turtle Airships is a scam, don't trust those guys. Warn others not to trust them, they are bad news and bad for business.

EDIT: THIS IS NOT AN APRIL FOOLS JOKE... maybe we should fight scammers every April 1st?

Today is the Day the Revolution Begins

Truly, today is a great day. A letter of intent, signed is but just a piece of paper, but alas, a paper that is so much more then the greatness of it's words.

I feel it, I feel the future coming, that day, the day I have been preaching about like I have a sermon on a hill, that day has finally come and the clouds on the horizon are a glory of ferocity and adventure.

Fear and pain may lay in it's wake but the time to reap the fruits of humanities collective efforts is about to begin. A flower of peace shall bloom, brought on the backs of our flying clouds to all the people of the world.

Great things lay in wait. A horizon as beautiful as it is dangerous, but one that offers a next step in our evolution as a spices on this planet.

We will build the Airships, we will conquer the skies, as we have the seas and the land. We will soon set our sights on the Hevens above and blissful grace the cosmos with our love.

We are forever, and eventually we will set the universe free.

Airlander 10 Ready for Takeoff

After a successful float test, Airlander 10 is ready to fly. Finally we have reached the point where a real Cargo Ready Hybrid Airship has been constructed and is

ready to do some missions. It has been one massive headache to get to this point, but we have finally reached the precipice. I hope you, like me, have all done

a little prayer that everything works out for Airlander 10. Everything needs to go smoothly with Airlander 10. If something bad happens now, it

might be the final nail in the coffin for Airships.



Fortunately that is unlikely to happen. The issues with old Airships really came down to their inability to maintain buoyancy control, which Airlander fixes by being

part airplane. Airlander won't need luck to prove it is the best ship for the job, the engineering is sound. It just Needs to Not have any bad luck.

Here is to hoping for the best.

More on Airship Public Transportation

I had some more ideas about the concept of an airship public transportation system that I wrote about before that I would like to share.

One of the problemswith a transportation system like this, is that with the large amount of people that would use it, and the frequent stops, it would be hard to insure that everyone was paying their fair share when it comes to who pays how much and when.


In my example, the Airship would fly from 3 or 4 major cities. Picking up and dropping off passengers at each stop.

The airships would have seating for about 300-400 people, meaning that with a limited staff it would be difficult to make sure everyone has a ticket, and making sure that passengers got off when they were suppose to would be a massive headache if they only payed to go half way.

So I was thinking of a solution and realized that the free market had already come up with a solution to this problem.


I'm sure you all know about the popular taxi service Uber by now. It allows for users to pay their fairs with their cellphones, by keeping track of how far they went using the phone's GPS.

We can use this same technology in our public airship transportation system.


Passengers with the cellphone app, will have an account that will automatically deduct the fees from their bank account, or some kinda trust, when they walk on and off the airship.

Sensors on the airship combined with the GPS in the phone will insure the transaction. In this way, most passengers will be able to freely walk on and off the airship without needing to even think about buying a ticket, and the company running the enterprise can be assured that passengers with the cellphone app are not stealing a free ride.


Passengers without a cellphone can still buy a ticket but they will just need to pay full price and get a refund from a refund machine which will be placed behind a one-way gate as they are leaving the Airship.

It will be much like a fast-track system at theme parks or the DMV.


This solution will fix the problem of keeping track of fairs and will also mean that the airship itself can have a much larger area of operation with more stops along the way.

Check out Lockheed Martin's New Airship Commercial

LINK: http://3blmedia.com/News/Lockheed-Martins-Hybrid-Airship-No-Roads-No-Problem


As we can see from the video. The front section of the airship is going to be for crew and passengers, while the rear is going to be for bulk cargo. Funny that they

call it "first class" seating, when in my mind first class on an airship is a luxury stateroom. Still, this idea of having cargo and passengers on the same trip is a

good idea from a bottom line point of view. Fed Ex could offer cheaper tickets then airlines while transporting cargo around. It would take a lot longer to get

there, but it probably would be about as expensive as taking an equivalent bus ticket, and you have a great view to keep you entertained the whole time.



It was great there at the end too, with the Goth Girl starring out the window with this look on her face -like... "Not even flying in an Airship will impress me!"

Is life really- that fleeting? You're on an Airship! How can you possably be unhappy?! Jezz.


I could say a lot more but I think the video really dose a good job of showing what I have been blogging about over the years.

FAA approves Lockheed's design

Lockheed Martin has been given the go ahead by the FAA to build it's 20 Ton variant Sky Tug (story.) They are working with Hybrid Enterprises which will be the official reseller for all of Lockheed's ships. Lockheed will keep the rights to sell these ships to the military if such a need arises.

Some things of interest when comparing this new design with the original concept is that the engines are smaller and the envelope is bigger. This will maximize the ships fuel economy as the expense of top speed.

Lets hope them the best of luck and cross are fingers that we will be seeing the worlds first production prototype flying by 2018.

Aeros has begun building a production prototype of... something.

The question of what is happening, is a little up for grabs however. But according to Aeros Facebook Page they are building a new Aeroscraft! Possibly the 250 Ton modal that the Military was hoping to build for logistics.  Although it would make more sense to build the 20 ton variant as a stepping stone, and in case funding drys up or other unforeseen problems.

Whatever the case today is a great day!