{"id":3208,"date":"2013-07-06T05:46:47","date_gmt":"2013-07-06T05:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3208"},"modified":"2013-07-06T05:46:47","modified_gmt":"2013-07-06T05:46:47","slug":"sci-tech-update-on-the-skytug-airship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3208","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: Update on the SkyTug airship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an update on the big SkyTug airship that Lockheed-Martin is developing for a Canadian venture that wants to use it to transport cargo to and from remote areas: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationweek.com\/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog:7a78f54e-b3dd-4fa6-ae6e-dff2ffd7bdbb&amp;plckPostId=Blog%3a7a78f54e-b3dd-4fa6-ae6e-dff2ffd7bdbbPost%3a4cbb8344-3239-478e-853c-e987015835b8\" target=\"_d\">Proposed Rules Provide Peek at Lockheed&#8217;s Cargo Airship &#8211; Aviation Week<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are some earlier articles about the system:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newswire.ca\/en\/story\/758953\/alberta-private-company-and-lockheed-martin-to-develop-a-family-of-hybrid-aircraft\" target=\"_d\">Alberta Private Company And Lockheed Martin To Develop A Family Of Hybrid Aircraft &#8211; Aviation Capital Enterprises Inc\/Newswire.ca &#8211; Mar.22.11<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howitworksdaily.com\/transport\/enter-the-skytug\/\" target=\"_d\">Enter the SkyTug -How It Works Magazine &#8211; Nov.2.12<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/airshiprevolution.blogspot.com\/2012\/09\/skytug-still-tugging-along.html\" target=\"_d\">SkyTug Still Tugging Along &#8211; The Return of the Airship &#8211; Sept.7.12<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is a video showing the P-791 demonstrator that Lockheed began flying a few years ago:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/isJRgEu7DQo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an update on the big SkyTug airship that Lockheed-Martin is developing for a Canadian venture that wants to use it to transport cargo to and from remote areas: Proposed Rules Provide Peek at Lockheed&#8217;s Cargo Airship &#8211; Aviation Week Here are some earlier articles about the system: Alberta Private Company And Lockheed Martin To &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3208\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sci-Tech: Update on the SkyTug airship<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-PK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3020,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3020","url_meta":{"origin":3208,"position":0},"title":"Sci-Tech: Catamaran airship design from EADS","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 25, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"EADS proposes an innovative dual-hull airship for long duration flights: Twin-Hull in the Troposphere - EADS's Arctic Airship - Aviation Week Caption: EADS Innovation Works video animation of its concept for an un manned airship to provide pesistent surevillance of the Arctic. 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