All published news about the airship industry.
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 […]
A University of Manitoba professor has worked for more than 20 years trying to prove the viability of lighter-than-air vehicles as cargo-delivering workhorses in Northern Manitoba and other regions where there are remote communities with limited transportation options. Ian Graham ~ Thompson Citizen / Nickel Belt News A local cold-weather testing booster and a long-time […]
Québec investit 55 millions de dollars dans un projet audacieux de transport de machinerie lourde dans le Grand Nord québécois. ANDRÉ DUBUC ~ LA PRESSE Par l’intermédiaire d’Investissement Québec (IQ), la province injecte 25 millions d’euros dans le capital-actions de Flying Whales et 15 millions d’euros dans celui de sa filiale Les dirigeables Flying Whales […]
Por DIARIO DE ZARAGOZA – Zaragoza El presidente de Aragón, Javier Lambán, y el presidente de Sceye, Mikkel Vestergaard, han anunciado la instalación en el aeropuerto de Teruel del primer estratopuerto de España y de los primeros de Europa, desde el que operarán aeronaves estratosféricas, aquellas que actúan a unos 20 kilómetros de la Tierra, […]
