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Forum: Military Aviation

1st Dec 2022, 18:31

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New Gen AirShips - Hybrid Air Vehicles, UK

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Posted By melmothtw

Wow, I was reporting on the Airlander 50 in 2012....

Wow, I was reporting on the Airlander 50 in 2012. At that time they were touting the Airlander 200 also, though it seems neither have ever really gone anywhere.

Forum: Military Aviation

2nd Sep 2016, 08:11

Replies: 535

New Gen AirShips - Hybrid Air Vehicles, UK

Views: 291,198

Posted By melmothtw

Can one flight be deemed to be a 'programme'? ...

Can one flight be deemed to be a 'programme'?

Also, Tourist, what did you do to be reduced in rank to Probationary PPRuNer?

Forum: Military Aviation

5th Apr 2016, 07:30

Replies: 535

New Gen AirShips - Hybrid Air Vehicles, UK

Views: 291,198

Posted By melmothtw

Come on Leon, 'lighter than air' is the term...

Come on Leon, 'lighter than air' is the term given to this class of aviation and not some cynical attempt by HAV to hoodwink its investors, as you imply (though what advantage they might gain from...

Forum: Military Aviation

3rd Apr 2016, 13:02

Replies: 535

New Gen AirShips - Hybrid Air Vehicles, UK

Views: 291,198

Posted By melmothtw

Yes, it IS the same airship but NOT the same...

Yes, it IS the same airship but NOT the same system (see my earlier point about the Comet and Nimrod AEW3).

The problems with the LEMV were to do with the ISR aspects of the programme, not the...

Forum: Military Aviation

3rd Apr 2016, 10:09

Replies: 535

New Gen AirShips - Hybrid Air Vehicles, UK

Views: 291,198

Posted By melmothtw

Leon: No one said it was Leon: Myself:...

Leon:

No one said it was Leon:

Myself:
and

Don't be making up arguments that no one's making for you to refute, FFS. The point is, that the budgetary and technical reasons for its not...

Forum: Military Aviation

2nd Apr 2016, 19:13

Replies: 535

New Gen AirShips - Hybrid Air Vehicles, UK

Views: 291,198

Posted By melmothtw

B Word, How do you account for the fact...

B Word,

How do you account for the fact that, save for the money and technical issues, the US Army was going to deploy the very same HAV to Afghanistan? Do you know something they don't?

Forum: Military Aviation

2nd Apr 2016, 13:37

Replies: 535

New Gen AirShips - Hybrid Air Vehicles, UK

Views: 291,198

Posted By melmothtw

The US Army obviously didn't agree with your...

The US Army obviously didn't agree with your "absolute disaster' appraisal of the HAV's chances in Afghanistan. It was only budgetary and technical issues that prevented its deployment, not...

Forum: Military Aviation

1st Apr 2016, 13:20

Replies: 535

New Gen AirShips - Hybrid Air Vehicles, UK

Views: 291,198

Posted By melmothtw

A nice response Tim, good for you.

A nice response Tim, good for you.

Forum: Military Aviation

31st Mar 2016, 22:12

Replies: 535

New Gen AirShips - Hybrid Air Vehicles, UK

Views: 291,198

Posted By melmothtw

Well, you know what they say Leon - Those who...

Well, you know what they say Leon - Those who can, do; those who can't, write about it.

I say that as a journalist myself...

Forum: Military Aviation

2nd Aug 2014, 13:49

Replies: 535

New Gen AirShips - Hybrid Air Vehicles, UK

Views: 291,198

Posted By melmothtw

While you could armour the gondola, you would of...

While you could armour the gondola, you would of course be trading payload for weight. Of course, there's always the unmanned option as envisioned for LEMV.

Already in the 'real-world' HAV and...

Forum: Military Aviation

2nd Aug 2014, 13:17

Replies: 535

New Gen AirShips - Hybrid Air Vehicles, UK

Views: 291,198

Posted By melmothtw

Actually, the opposite is true. Both the US and...

Actually, the opposite is true. Both the US and UK militaries have fired rounds of varying calibres - up to and including 20 mm - into HAV-made vehicles and have even tested the effect that a SAM...

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