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Innovative Transportation Solutions Using
Airship, (Buoyant Aircraft) Technology
Dale George, CTO
Buoyant Aircraft Systems International
A Brief History
1783
1870
1926
1929
1783 Prof. Charles & Robert
1785 Blanchard & Jeffries
English Channel Flight
Paris airlift
Norge First flight across the North Pole
Graf Zeppelin Circumnavigation
of the world
1670 Francisco de Lana
1784
Jean Baptiste Meusnier
1854 Henri Giffard
Montgolfier brothers
1930 R100 – Flight to Canada
1919
R.34 Crosses Atlantic
both ways
1901 Santos Dumont – first
dirigible airship
2003
1935
DZR Regular air passenger
service across the Atlantic
1961 USN 113,740 ft
1979 SkyShip 500
2000
Zeppelin NT
2006
21st Century Airships altitude
record - 6,234-metres
LM P-791 flight
Dale George: Innovative Transportation Solutions Using Airship, (Buoyant Aircraft) Technology
Current heavy lift Airship concepts
July 2013 Aeros Dragon Dream
No Energy is Required for the Lift
Fuel Cell and Electric power
Hydrogen filled
Vector thrust
Heavy and bulky lift
V.T.O.L. capable
No or little infrastructure
Source: HAV
Chinook, C-130, B747 and Skycat cargo aircraft
Source: HAV
MB-140 Basic pilot training airship
MB-80 Optionally Manned UAV Research Platform
Future Developments
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