You can pretty much insert your local area’s landmarks in the following amazing images from photographer Andy Spain, because it’s an issue that obviously affects us all.
If you’re still sad-faced about never getting a go in Concorde we have yet more bad news – air travel is getting slower again. This time we’re warping back to 1930s flight speeds, thanks to a new wave of cargo blimps.
Costing $US8 million, the Bullet 580 is the world’s largest blimp, measuring 71m long and 6m in diameter. Able to be flown remotely or with a crew, you could rent it – for over $US300,000 a month.
Ever wondered how the heck the Hindenburg zeppelin – a beast that was 245m in length and 40m in diameter – was built in the 1930s? With huge ladders, that’s how.
Festo is no stranger to autonomous robot creatures, but their latest initiative, called the Bionic Learning Network, might as well be referred to from here on out as Skynet for the animal kingdom.
We first learned about Airship Ventures plans to bring airship travel back to the US after a 70 year absence back in May when they secured 8 million in funding for the project. Now it appears that their dream of filling the skies with huge, slow balloons once more will become a reality this Halloween when they will embark on their first ever passenger flight.
