Christopher Reynolds ~ The Canadian Press From the seventh floor of his Montreal office, Arnaud Thioulouse enjoys a view of the midtown rail tracks and freight trains chugging toward the horizon. But the CEO of Flying Whales Quebec has a different transportation mode in mind for ferrying goods to far-flung locales: airships. “The question is […]
Pathfinder 1, bankrolled by a Google billionaire, is an attempt to revive the airship. A century after terrifying disasters, is it a safe-enough bet? (Image Credit: LTA Research) Mark Piesing ~ BBC On 24 October 2024, a brief post was shared on the social media network LinkedIn. In it Google co-founder Sergey Brin’s airship company […]
By Maddie Nixon, ABC News Photo Credit: A conceptual rendering of Flying Whales’ 200-metre-long airship prototype LCA60T. (Supplied: Flying Whales) Picture this. You’re in the remote desert and a giant, oblong balloon, almost the length of three Airbus A380 aircraft, hovers overhead. It descends toward the ground without the need for a runway or landing […]
By Chelsea Kemp, www.cbc.ca Photo Credit: John Woods/The Canadian Press Unseasonably warm weather impacting winter roads construction Northern Manitobans are nervously eyeing the sky and their thermometers hoping for the right conditions for winter roads to open. Ralph Harper of St. Theresa Point First Nation, Man., is watching the river in his community hoping it […]
By MARTIN CASH, Winnipeg Free Press After 10 years of research, a 125-metre- long airship took its initial flight this week out of a massive hangar in Silicon Valley. Backed by Alphabet co-founder Sergey Brin, the company, LTA (Lighter Than Air) Research, envisions using such airships for humanitarian relief. The timing of that launch in […]
By Mark Harris, https://techcrunch.com/ Photo Credit: LTA Research Sergey Brin-backed airship startup LTA Research begins flight testing today As dawn breaks over Silicon Valley, the world is getting its first look at Pathfinder 1, a prototype electric airship that its maker LTA Research hopes will kickstart a new era in climate-friendly air travel, and accelerate […]
By Canadian Arctic Innovation Association, arcticinnovation.ca This document focuses on the application of airship technology to address various infrastructure challenges encountered in Northern Canada. Its purpose is to offer readers an informative overview of airships, highlighting their rich history and operations aspects, white also considering the modern advancements in terms of materials, computers, avionics and […]
By Long Branch Mike, www.londonreconnections.com Photo Credit: Hybrid Air Vehicles Spy balloons over the US and Canada, with some being shot down, have been a major news story in recent months. But what is not in the mainstream news is the spotting of what appears to be the world’s largest airship hangar in China – […]
By Graham Warwick, Aviation Week Photo Credit: LTA Research SAN DIEGO—Google co-founder Sergey Brin’s LTA Research is preparing to begin outdoor flight tests of its Pathfinder 1 large rigid airship after getting the 120-m-long (393-ft.) technology demonstrator airborne inside Hangar 2 at Moffett Field in Mountain View, California. LTA plans initial flights of the electric-powered […]
Decarbonizing Aviation Date: September 28th-29th, 2023 • Location: EnCN, Nürnberg, Germany Conference Topics construction and design of airships construction of low and high altitude drones sustainable aviation by airships power electronics and batteries for airships solar energy for airships application of airships usage of hydrogen as energy source and lifting gas certification, regulation and integration […]
