Once the first UK-based flight test has been conducted, the aircraft will carry out some 200 flight hours over one to two months to prove its capabilities, after which customer demonstrations are planned to take place, HAV says.
...then we'll fold up for a few years until we rebrand our snake oil once again to some poor gullible investors!
Big airships = Big bucks = Big losses
Even small ones are a handful in the lightest of winds, need big infrastructure to protect them from the elements and can't compete financially, or in capability, with sea-freight or conventional RW/FW air transport.
LJ
