{"id":7125,"date":"2014-03-27T23:42:56","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T23:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7125"},"modified":"2014-03-27T23:42:56","modified_gmt":"2014-03-27T23:42:56","slug":"sci-tech-the-airlander-hybrid-air-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7125","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: The Airlander hybrid air vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking of airships, a prototype\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hybridairvehicles.com\/aircraft.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">AirLander<\/a>\u00a0airship\/airplane combo at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hybridairvehicles.com\/heavylift.aspx\" target=\"_d\">Hybrid Air Vehicles Ltd<\/a>\u00a0made its first flight a year ago:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/globalaviationreport.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/23\/airlander-hybrid-air-vehicle-the-dawning-of-a-new-age-for-airships\/\" target=\"_d\">\u201cAirlander\u201d Hybrid Air Vehicle \u2013 the dawning of a new age for airships! &#8211; global aviation report<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Hybrid Air Vehicles is the world\u2019s leading developer of the next generation of lighter-than-air craft. Based in the UK, it can draw on 30 years of modern airship development. HAV is currently developing 2 types of airship:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>1) A prototype long-endurance aircraft that can stay airborne, manned for 5 days at a time and provide a stable platform for communications, geological survey, academic research, surveillance or filming.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>2) A heavy lift aircraft to transport 50 tonnes of equipment to any area in the world. The HAV can land on water, ice and desert as well as more traditional surfaces and is likely to be useful for mining, oil &amp; gas and aid or disaster relief.<\/em><\/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\/n7RKGwjQknQ?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<p>Find more\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hybridairvehicles.com\/imagegallery.aspx\" target=\"_d\">images and videos here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking of airships, a prototype\u00a0AirLander\u00a0airship\/airplane combo at\u00a0Hybrid Air Vehicles Ltd\u00a0made its first flight a year ago:\u00a0\u201cAirlander\u201d Hybrid Air Vehicle \u2013 the dawning of a new age for airships! &#8211; global aviation report\u00a0&#8211; Hybrid Air Vehicles is the world\u2019s leading developer of the next generation of lighter-than-air craft. Based in the UK, it can draw on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7125\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sci-Tech: The Airlander hybrid air vehicle<\/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-7125","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-1QV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10796,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10796","url_meta":{"origin":7125,"position":0},"title":"JP Aerospace tests Ascender airship","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 18, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0JP Aerospace, \"America's OTHER Space Program\", has been out flying their high altitude airships again, including an Ascender prototype: *\u00a0Ascender 26 Flies! 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