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