New Aircraft is Part Blimp and Part Airplane 484
An anonymous reader writes "Canton Rep has an interesting article on Ohio entrepreneurs who hope to get their business 'off the ground'. Brian Martin and Robert Rist think they are close to testing a prototype of their patented Dynalifter hybrid. They announced last week that their airship -- part blimp and part airplane -- has been completed, and they hope to conduct a test flight this spring. Martin and Rist hope the Dynalifter will help bring in a new transportation era. They see it as a way to move materials at a lower cost than jets and at a higher speed than ships. From the article: 'They think it could be used in emergency situations, such as Hurricane Katrina, to transport supplies. It might have military uses, such as delivering equipment and supplies to sites that might not be easily reachable.'"
Re:World War II Taught us: (Score:2, Funny)
Patent Infringement Potential? (Score:5, Funny)
OBLIG MP Ref (Score:3, Funny)
s core : -1, RC "humor" (Score:3, Funny)
Article Content (Score:1, Funny)
Finally (Score:5, Funny)
Here's a name for it.... (Score:2, Funny)
Too obscure? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:World War II Taught us: (Score:3, Funny)
The web page is coming in now... (Score:5, Funny)
You could say (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Could it be used for passengers? (Score:1, Funny)
Send your tickets to me, I'll be happy to endure the inconvenience and pain of a trip to Europe in your stead.
BTW when Zeppelins were in use, it usually took 4 or 5 days to cross the Atlantic in one.
Re:Better link/picture - mostly a blimp (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Finally (Score:3, Funny)
ATC trauma-time (Score:2, Funny)
Boston Center's gonna love these things poking around NY approach. ATCCs are gonna have to start supplying Xanax to controllers when one of these fat bastards strolls into range.
Maybe this time we'll get some Hindenburg-action over Newark.
cost versus speed (Score:4, Funny)
Human psychology is interesting. This sounds great, whereas stating the truth from the other direction - "at a lower speed than jets and a higher cost than ships" - sounds terrible. But I suppose this polarity of viewpoint is present in every comprimise, by the very nature of comprimises.
Re:SPECIFICATIONS (Score:2, Funny)
For all your intermolecular transportation needs.
Re:Have they solved the ballast issue yet? (Score:2, Funny)