Article By Adam Minter Photo credit: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images With China’s help, huge, balloon-like craft could revolutionize air transport. Just don’t call them blimps. When a massive helium-filled airship designed by Flying Whales, a French manufacturer, takes to the air for the first time in 2021, it won’t be against the backdrop of the Eiffel […]
By Dr. William Oliver Hedgepeth An airship, often referred to as a hybrid, is a helium-filled winged structure. The airship’s wings perform exactly like an airplane’s wings; they give the airship lift when it moves forward. But the airship does not require a runway or an airport to take off and land. It requires only […]
Transportation is now the biggest single source of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, having recently passed electricity generation. Worse, zero-carbon transportation technology is only in its early stages — especially for air travel and shipping, which accounts for large and growing share of emissions. Steampunk fans and climate hawks alike want to know: what about airships? […]
The purpose of the Aviation Innovations conference is to reconvene the potential users of airships and representatives of the airship developers from around the world to take stock of where we stand in 2019. The first day of the conference will feature the demand side of the market. Presentations will be made by representatives of […]
“Who would believe that the airships, these Depression era Floating Giants in the sky could be the answer to the transportation crisis in the north brought on by climate change? University of Manitoba Supply Chain professor and renowned Canadian transportation expert, Dr. Barry Prentice and his growing collection of believers.” “Dr. Barry Prentice, renowned Canadian […]
Airships were initially considered safer and more capable than airplanes. It wasn’t just the Hindenburg that changed all that. By HUNTER DERENSIS • October 23, 2018 Photo Credit: SDASM Archives/Flickr In today’s world, there are over 100,000 commercial airline flights every day and on rare occasion a small, tacky, promotional blimp. That’s made it unthinkable that lighter-than-air […]
Each year, temporary roads or winter roads are created in the north of most Canadian provinces to connect the most isolated communities. Ice Road Photo: Government of Manitoba A text by Rémi Authier Every winter, since the 1950s, thousands of kilometers of roads have been created in the north of the country. The roads of […]
By: Martin Cash Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition June 24, 2017 Barry Prentice, the supply chain management professor at the University of Manitoba, is hard-headed when it comes to the justification of investment in transportation infrastructure. “I always tell my students the three most important words in transportation are utilization, utilization […]
Dr.Barry Prentice, professor of supply chain management at the Asper School of Business, has been nominated as an entrant in CBC Manitoba’s 2017 storytelling project, #iamMB. Read more here!
Free Public Lecture: Wednesday May 17, 7pm – 9pm Ice roads and Cargo Airships – State of the Technology and Opportunities for the North Location: RBC Convention Centre, Room 2H (north building), 375 York Ave, Winnipeg, MB Speakers: Ms Judy Klassen, Interim Leader, Manitoba Liberal Party and MLA for Kewatinook Dr. Barry E. Prentice, Professor, […]
