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Old 6th Sep 2011, 07:56
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oldchina
 
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If I had any money left I wouldn't invest it in this project.

The idea of carrying high-yield pax à la Orient Express has faded, not enough of them want to go that slow. Now we realise that freight schedule times can't be guaranteed, forget just-in-time delivery.

Furthermore those engines would be a maintenance cost nightmare, imagine the expense of a weeks flying (ONE transatlantic round-trip).

I wonder how many identical blimps would be built, for economy of scale. Sounds like bespoke tailoring. All the development cost to spread over a handful of machines.

Have these guys ever counted beans?
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