Originally Posted by
Heathrow Harry
The point is the Airlander is another take on a technology that is over 100 years old and which was kicked into the long grass over 80 years ago as a commercial failure with limited technical upside
The Internety was totally new
What an amazing statement.
Throughout the whole history of mankind, new technologies have been trialled, failed due to materials technology and then revisited later with success.
I am having trouble thinking of any part of the Airlander which will not have benefited from vastly superior materials and technology.