Posted on 11/20/2015 1:57:39 PM PST by SatinDoll
Lockheed Martin has been given the green light to build its radical hybrid airship that will launch in 2018.
The US Federal Aviation Administration has this week approved a certification plan developed by the company, taking it one step closer to starting commercial deliveries.
Lockheed says the airships can transport heavy cargo to remote locations, burn significantly less fuel than conventional aircraft and land on any flat surface, including sand, snow and water.
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Looks like Michelle’s rear end.
There you go tons of UFO sightings solved
THANK YOU FOR POSTING THE IMAGE. I SINCERELY APPRECIATE IT.
I remember when a FReeper first reported seeing this aircraft - inflated and on the ground - outside a Lockheed plant, possibly in Palmdale. That was probably ten or twelve years ago.
They might even have posted a picture of it at that time.
If I recall correctly, Lockheed issued a public statement explaining that they were testing a prototype of a new project, and that this project was internally funded.
I hope this does not go over like a led balloon.
They should fill it with hydrogen. It’s lighter than helium, and cheaper, too.
Just don’t let them get anywhere near a hurricane.
LOL!!
Unfortunately I do not believe that applies in instances where the UFO disappears straight-up very, very quickly. These aircraft do not move all that fast, and as for straight-up...no!
/johnny
Oh,that’s dead sexy.
The AeroSS Kardashian
it’s done with mirrors
/johnny
Look, it’s “The Tick”!
The S.S. Dolly Parton
I found it morose. Why dwell on these negative themes? Right in the middle, the ship blows up-burning debris, bodies falling-and then just as this eerie silence settles over the airfield, I yelled out, "That's gotta hurt!"
What's the difference between a blimp and 365 used condoms? One is a good year, the other is a great year! /rimshot!
BTW, heavy-lift balloons have been in development all over the 1st World for a long while, funding always goes south, as there is not enough lift to do jobs that can't otherwise be done, and not enough jobs of that kind to justify further development costs.
The other 'new' idea that resurfaces every now and again is the high-altitude tethered windmill; weighs 20 tons, and the only idea keeping it aloft would be the same technology as we use to fly kites. Yeah, that should work.
Combining these ideas -- heavy-lift balloons and tethered high-altitude windmills -- might work out... ;')
Yeah, that would be series.
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