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Re: AIRSHIPS: A better way to travel?
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I was looking at a few of these designs:
https://www.google.com/search?q=futuristic+airship+designs&biw=1057&bih=431&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwigkrO_yv7LAhVY_WMKHXzxDdUQsAQIGw#imgrc=_
In them you can see what I think the bigger companies envision. Something on the order of a flying wing, which can produce lift on its own, in conjunction with a neutrally buoyant craft which is roughly weightless, even when loaded. Consider the wing issues of the A380. There are bigger planes ................ Boeing's B-52, Lockheed's C-5, as well as the giant Russian An-225 Cossack built by Anatov. But those are all military aircraft, with highly reinforced bodies and wings (and they still have wing problems). I doubt very much that the public would accept the rougher ride that comes with such a design.
Tourists are not in the same rush business types are, so airships are probably the answer for more passengers. A few are nearly ready:
http://io9.gizmodo.com/5815576/zeppelins-of-the-present-day--and-near-future
and Lockheed's entry is already flying of course:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/106467978662667544/
They haven't forgotten the filthy rich either:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/travel/89253/halo-the-330-million-airship-of-the-future.html
so perhaps that future is just about here? We could certainly use it.
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