Spokesman for the company Chris Daniels said HAV is the offshoot of 40 years of development in Cardington and has been working on this airship with the US military for the past two years.
He said: “The ship is technically different to a blimp in that it is fractionally heavier than air, takes off in a similar way to an aeroplane but floats due to being filled with helium.
“It has four engines and can cruise at speeds of 60-75 knots, or 80 miles per hour and uses an exceptionally low amount of fuel.”
1. 40 years to develop? If you take that view you may as well sweep up the other 80 years of balloon development!
2. Technically, if the blimp is heavier than air then it cannot float! (unless it is on water something else more dense!)
3. Cruising at 60-75 Kts. I guess it will be flying backwards over the next 3 days then!!!
A warning to all would-be investors; the Snake Oil Salesman is back in the UK after a recent tour of the Wild West - lock away your wallets!
LJ
