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World's Longest Aircraft

posted by janrinok on Saturday March 01 2014, @05:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the Not-so-heavy-metal dept.

Wakaranai writes:

"BBC News has a video report that a UK company, Hybrid Air Vehicles, is developing helium-filled hybrid airships for passengers and cargo.

The first prototype was 91 m long, and was built for the US Army. However, the military project was scrapped due to budget cuts, and the airship was returned to the UK. A larger vehicle is on the drawing board.

One of the companies shareholders is... err.. Bruce Dickinson from Iron Maiden!"

 
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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by pixeldyne on Saturday March 01 2014, @05:17AM

    by pixeldyne (2637) on Saturday March 01 2014, @05:17AM (#8975)

    Dickinson seems to have a lot of interest in aviation, he holds a commercial pilot's license, and invested in an aircraft maintenance company amongst other things.

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by wjwlsn on Saturday March 01 2014, @06:55AM

    by wjwlsn (171) on Saturday March 01 2014, @06:55AM (#8998) Homepage Journal
    The maintenance company is http://cardiffaviation.com/ [cardiffaviation.com]. They're also into pilot training (they have several simulators) and are supposedly looking to get certified for charter flight services as well.
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    I am a traveler of both time and space. Duh.

  • (Score: 1) by FacialPaper on Saturday March 01 2014, @01:42PM

    by FacialPaper (284) on Saturday March 01 2014, @01:42PM (#9104)

    And as if that wasn't enough, he even went as far as singing a song [youtube.com] about people flying around in airplanes while shooting at each other.