Aeroscraft Flying Cruise Ship

The competed Aeroscraft Aeroscraft airship proof-of-design sub-scale prototype is 79 meters 206 ft long.

Aeroscraft flying cruise ship. The vast skin could also have solar cells for power. After they are done with the testing they will build the full scale version. The Aeroscraft is a heavier-than-air vehicle currently in development for use in the near future -- a prototype should be finished by 2010.

The rigid and surprisingly aerodynamic body - driven by huge rearward propellers - generates enough additional lift to keep the behemoth and its 400-ton payload aloft while cruising. The Aeroscraft cruise ship will ferry passengers across the continental US. The Toronto Star January 24 2013.

Flying Magazine January 30 2013. An airship the length of two football fields elevated by 14 million cubic feet of helium the Aeroscraft has the potential to revolutionize air. Unlike its dirigible ancestors the Aeroscraft is not lighter than air.

A privately-funded California firm is developing a new vehicle for air travel called the Aeroscraft. 165 h x 244 w x 647. Its a blimp-like airship called the Aeroscraft and its so big it fills half a hanger by itself.

But dont rush out and try to book a flight. The first prototype of this two-football-fields-long concept airship is planned for completion by 2010. Long-range travel for passengers who are more concerned with the journey than the destination Dimensions feet.

And vertical takeoff and landing and hover capabilities the Aeroscraft may be a transport vehicle unlike. The passenger version is the Aeros-ML which would have a smaller configuration with room for about 120 passengers or 20 tons of cargo. The Aeroscraft model ML866 is a planned 20-ton hybrid airship to be built by the Worldwide Aeros Corporation.