Photos: The U.S. Military’s Prototype for a Flying Submarine
Capable of carrying 66 tons of cargo, the Aeroscraft could bring airships back to the skies
- By Mark Strauss
- Smithsonian magazine, April 2013
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Pilots are training for a test flight of the Aeroscraft prototype, a 260-foot-long airship built by the Montebello, California-based Worldwide Aeros Corporation. If successful, the company hopes to begin producing 500-foot-long vehicles capable of carrying 66 tons of cargo, or three times the maximum allowable payload of a C-130J Hercules transport plane—while using one-third less fuel.
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Comments (1)
Great article demonstrating how military planning and research can lead to greater fuel efficiency
Posted by Miles Baxter on April 2,2013 | 04:33 PM