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Airlander 10: World's Longest Aircraft Gets Full-Production Go-Ahead

posted by martyb on Tuesday January 15 2019, @04:13AM   Printer-friendly
from the is-a-big-aircraft-a-big-deal? dept.

realDonaldTrump writes:

https://dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6586483/Worlds-longest-aircraft-Airlander-10-dubbed-Flying-Bum-set-production.html

The world's longest aircraft, dubbed 'The Flying Bum' is set to go into full production to take its first passengers to the skies after successful final tests.

It comes after the Airlander 10 prototype was retired after it collapsed and plummeted into a field.

Also at BBC:

The world's longest aircraft is to go into full production with a model that will take its first paying passengers.

It comes after the prototype £32m Airlander 10 - a combined plane and airship - was formally retired following successful final testing.

As a result, Bedford firm Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) has been given Production Organisation Approval from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).

[...] The firm was given Design Organisation Approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency (Easa) in October.

Stephen McGlennan, HAV's chief executive, said 2018 had been very good, with Easa's backing a "huge highlight".

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by c0lo on Tuesday January 15 2019, @06:28AM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 15 2019, @06:28AM (#786818) Journal

    DailyFail story, what one is to expect of it?

    For instance, as a caption of one of the photos, one can read:

    The original mode cost £25 million to produce and was sued as a surveillance aircraft by the US army, before HAV bought it for civilian use

    Jumped to find some juicy references on the Web. Turns out that it was intended to be used for surveillance in Afghanistan [newschannel9.com] but it crashed before.

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