BARRY PRENTICE ~ The Winnipeg Free Press, Edition 5/6/2026 TWO headlines appeared in the Free Press on April 22, concerning chronic problems that have no apparent resolution. The topics are high food prices in remote northern communities and the growing population of homeless people in Winnipeg. Spoiler alert: both issues can be traced to the […]
Aniqah Majid ~ The Chemical Engineer AN AIRSHIP running solely on solar power flew over Brazil for more than 88 hours, marking a “defining step” for the technology. Sceye, an aerospace and materials science company, has developed high-altitude platform systems (HAPS) which are able to fly to heights of almost 12,000 m in the stratosphere. […]
Chris Sheedy ~ Create (Image: SkyLifter) Whether for tourism, advertising, geological surveys or cargo shipping, the humble balloon has always had a reason to stay afloat. Airships, hot air balloons, zeppelins, dirigibles, aerostats, thermal airships. Call them what you will, they’ve managed to survive seemingly against the odds. Various experiences from throughout history – including […]
By Kat Tancock ~ www.begiant.ca What it is A transportation network that uses airships – huge inflatables with engines and attached cargo bays – to move goods cheaply and without emissions, aimed at serving remote communities and industry sites that roads can’t or don’t reach. Who’s behind it Winnipeg-based Buoyant Aircraft Systems International (BASI), founded […]
Andrew Seale ~ Special to The Globe and Mail Jay Godsall has watched the definition of the frontier evolve in real time. More than a decade ago, the founder of Solar Ship – a Canadian company that designs and flies solar-powered airships to move people, aid and cargo into some of the world’s most remote […]
Crawford Kilian ~ The Tyee (Image via Flying Whales) Mark Carney’s Liberals have announced their nation-building infrastructure plan, and it’s a bit of a letdown. Announcements, Events & more from Tyee and select partners Hear Rachel Gilmore and More: A Tyee Event on Battling Online LiesHear Rachel Gilmore and More: A Tyee Event on Battling […]
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 […]
