Older industry news that is no longer displayed in the news feed but is of importance to ISOPolar.
“Barry Prentice of the I.H. Asper School of Business, at the University of Manitoba, Canada and Yui-yip Lau of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, in Kowloon, Hong Kong, and currently working alongside Prentice in Manitoba, explain how the reinvented airship technology has come apace in recent years and is a far cry from the trial […]
Published by The National Post on August 18th, 2016: “Things were looking pretty good for Barry Prentice at 5:30 p.m. on July 20. He was at home as the weather reports rolled in about a wild storm heading for Winnipeg, bringing rain, high winds and tornadoes with it. At 5:30 p.m., however, all was tranquil. […]
Published by BASI on August 8th, 2016: “A violent storm that struck St. Andrews, Manitoba on July 20, 2016 destroyed the BASI Research Airdock and the Misameg MB80 research airship. The storm generated tornados that touched down 30 kilometers west of the BASI Airdock. This structure had withstood high winds for five years, but a […]
Published by the VICE News on January 11th, 2016: “Barry Prentice has submitted a report to Transport Canada, the country’s transport ministry, urging the government to get behind the old technology as a way to alleviate northern Canada’s infrastructure problems. That means ironing out what he sees as regulatory impediments, and even investing tax dollars […]
Published by the Royal Aeronautical Society on January 15th, 2016: “Large global areas such as Alaska, the Canadian Arctic and Siberia have isolated northern areas lacking road or rail access. Other nations with infrastructure gaps include Brazil, sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Asia where torrential rains wash out bridges and make roads impassable. Air transport […]
Published by The World of Science on March 5th, 2016: “The dream of floating up in gigantic airships has resurfaced. Now that aviation fuel is becoming increasingly expensive and emissions threaten climate has zeppelins once again become hot. Cheap, climate-smart and strong proponents want to see them in regular service across the globe. But can […]
“NASA is considering issuing a challenge for developing stratospheric airships that can break records in terms of duration of flight at high altitudes. The agency has issued a request for information for this contemplated “20-20-20 Airship Challenge.” Submissions will be accepted until December 1.” By Elizabeth Landau/Preston Dyches Published by Jet Propulsion Laboratory on November […]
“On Oct. 19 NTCL told its clients in Cambridge Bay that the Nunakput, for which they’d been waiting since September, would not be able to deliver its cargo by barge to the community after all due to heavy ice conditions. Big orders of medical and cleaning supplies had to be moved by charter aircraft.” By […]
Solar Power First WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 @ 11:00 AM BASI RESEARCH AIRDOCK – ST. ANDREWS AIRPORT, MB. “The airship is a green technology. It is the only potential means of cargo transport that can be economically powered by hydrogen gas and solar systems. BASI is committed to the development of a zero-carbon transport system to […]
“Hybrid Air Vehicles is constructing the Airlander 10 hybrid aircraft prototype that is scheduled to go into production later in 2015.” By Fred Petrie. Published by Skies on June 16th, 2014: Click here to read this article.
