Posted on 10/28/2015 2:20:37 PM PDT by Red Badger
Exclusive: Conceived as the ultimate holiday home, the $330 million Halo features a ballroom, open-air viewing deck and space for your yacht and helicopter
Oligarchs who have tired of their superyachts could instead spend future holidays on Halo, a proposed residential airship with a living area the size of four football pitches and an estimated cost of $330 million.
The project has been conceived and tested by Andrew Winch Designs, a longstanding London-based studio that has contributed to the design and development of some of the world’s largest superyachts, private jets and homes and, though the outlandish renderings of Halo may appear fanciful, the firm claims the inaugural airship could be airborne within a decade of the first order. A 266ft-long prototype flew in 2013 and has received certification from America’s Federal Aviation Administration.
Anyone tempted to splurge on the futuristic blimp can expect any number of extraordinary privileges beyond the cachet of owning such a distinctive aircraft. If built according to current plans Halo would feature 20 bedrooms in addition to work spaces, a spa, cinema and ballroom.
An additional cargo deck would accommodate all the additional necessities travellers would need when travelling from one remote terrain to another, with space on board for yachts, helicopters, cars and motorbikes. Should passengers be tempted to explore what lies beneath, they would be able to lower the outer ring of Halo to ground or sea level, creating an artificial private island from which to dive or swim.
Opportunities to explore would be virtually unlimited too. Halo has been designed to fly below 12,000 feet so wouldn’t be pressurised. Guests on board could enjoy views of landscapes below from open-air viewing decks and would be able to fly over urban areas, mountain landscapes and uncharted territories.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
TRUMP’s Air Force One!..............................
Can you put TRUMP on this?....................
Looks like the Insight ships from Captain America II. Well, sort of.
And from the looks of it .... more like Trillion than Million
Looks like an airborne Titanic.
What happens when an afternoon squall pops up?
This sounds like a Popular Mechanics / Science cover.
Odd day to post this related to other stories making news today.
LOL!, yes, odd isn’t it?.....................
http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2015/10/28/74752924/
U.S. fighter jets track runaway military blimp
Your weather radar will warn you in plenty of time to ‘Rise Above it All”.................
If it was Trump’s it would be painted gold and would spend six months getting properly bedazzled with rhinestones and super classy crystal swans.
And would look FABULOUS!.........................
Kewl. $330 million, I’ll have to write you a check. K!
Sign me up!
Wanna timeshare?
A mere pittance to an oligarch!...............
You moor up to a space elevator???
Dibs on New Years!.............
Holiday rates!
I wonder how many crew are needed to keep it aloft?................
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