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Monday, April 14, 2008
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Aeros ML866 Air Vehicle Accepted for FAA Approval, Still Three Years from First Flight

10:00PM Jesus Diaz | The FAA has accepted the Aeroscraft Aeros ML866 for certification, the aircraft which is neither an airship nor a dirigible or an aeroplane or an helicopter or a UFO, but is “classified as a fourth type of air vehicle, a buoyancy assisted air vehicle.” However, don’t hold your breath for a pleasant trip in this long-range, 210-feet-long, 5,000-square-feet cruise liner of the skies: the company told the Giz that the “ML866 is preliminary scheduled to begin the flight test activities in 30-36 months.” They couldn’t give us names of their potential customers, but at least they gave us a new picture of the bar onboard: More »
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Wednesday, August 8, 2007
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Aeroscraft ML866 Flying Yacht

11:31AM Seamus Byrne | Set to be launched next month, the whale-looking Aeros ML866 uses a combination of buoyancy (like a blimp) and lift (like a plane) to cruise comfortably through the air with over 5,000 square feet of interior room, it has more room than some houses. It can take off vertically, without taking up runway time at crowded airports, and even fields, and man, this thing is designed to fit a “business center” with video conferencing, but we were thinking more like a swimming pool with adjoining hot tub, and a few of those 103-inch plasmas from Panasonic. The downside is a rated 120 knots of top speed, which means a world tour on this baby wouldn’t be nearly as quick as it would be roomy. [GizMag] galleryPost('aeroscraftml866', 4, 'Aeroscraft ML866 Corporate Aircraft'); More »
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