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Going up?
“I started thinking, what can carry more weight and needs less power?” he said. “The answer is a blimp.”
Nachbar’s solution could be seen soaring high above a field on a cloudless morning last month: a 102-foot blimp designed with co inventor Michael Kuehlmuss to resemble a bee. It’s nickname is Alberto.
Blimps may not be new, but even the ( Read more... ) -
Inventor Soars with Experimental Blimp
Inventor Soars with Experimental Blimp - An NPR story about Dan Nachbar’s personal blimp.
At daybreak on a recent morning, a strange-looking aircraft is joining the birds in flight.
Dan Nachbar is piloting a 100-foot experimental blimp.
The yellow and black striped blimp has a playful look to it - like the Yellow Submarine fused with Chitty ( Read more... ) -
Airship attacked and burned by Mexican villagers
http://www.exn.ca/FlightDeck/News/story.cfm?ID=19961223-01
Since that first airship 30 year ago, Walden has refined and built several full-scale models. He currently favors the more aerodynamic `flying saucer shape’. He also founded his own company - LTAS ( Lighter than Air Solar Corporation of Nevada)- and patented a system to make airships more ( Read more... )
