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The Second Age of Airships

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the no-smoking-please dept.

The Telegraph has a story about a new generation of airships. It says "It's a new vehicle. It's a hybrid because we're combining helium lift, aerodynamic lift, a hovercraft landing system, and vectored thrust... If you can get beyond the word airship — because that has a lot of history — people think about them differently."

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  1. Re:Great, instead of peak oil ... by somersault · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought helium was refined essence of Chipmunk - surely a renewable source?

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    which is totally what she said
  2. Re:Use hydrogen. by MadKeithV · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dammit, it said "IN-flammable" - how was I to know?