The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has awarded Hybrid Air Vehicles Ltd a Design Organisation Approval. This is an important milestone on the path to getting the production Airlander 10 in service with customers. Continue reading
Category Archives: Lighter Than Air
Airlander Starts Airworthiness Release 2a Testing
Early on Friday 17th November 2017, Hybrid Air Vehicles’ (HAV) highly trained test team sprang into action and Airlander was expertly guided into the sky by Chief Test Pilot Dave Burns on her sixth test flight, the first in this next stage of expanded flight tests. Continue reading
PLIMP – a Plummet-Proof Plane-Blimp Hybrid UAS that Flies and Hovers
Egan Airships today presents PLIMP, a plummet-proof, plane-blimp hybrid UAS that can fly and hover while bringing advances in safety, visibility and mobility. PLIMP aircraft represent a brand new type of UAS that can manoeuvre and move quickly like fixed-wing aircraft, hover and vertically take off and land (VTOL) like a helicopter, and operate efficiently and safely like a blimp—all on a single platform. Continue reading
New Shadow Provides Better Military Intelligence, Longer Flight Time
The North Carolina National Guard’s Detachment 1, D Company 236th Brigade Engineer Battalion, recently completed six weeks of New Equipment Training (NET) near Fort Bragg, North Carolina, July 17 – Aug. 25, 2017 after receiving the latest model of the RQ-7BV2 Shadow. Continue reading
Airlander on SafePilot Weather Watch Project
The recently completed SafePilot Weather Watch Project was a £160,000 project with the purpose of combining live weather, airspace, terrain and other data to support in-flight route planning for both private and commercial operations – manned and unmanned. Continue reading
First Full Inspection of Airlander Hull Completed
The first full inspection of Airlander’s hull was completed last week by HAV’s team of aerospace technicians as part of ongoing analysis during the Flight Test Progamme. Continue reading
Airlander Gets ‘Giant Inflatable Feet’ after Crash
Airlander has announced two significant enhancements to the aircraft ahead of its imminent Hangar Exit and resumption of its Flight Test Programme, namely an all-new Auxiliary Landing System and a Mobile Mooring Mast. Continue reading
Lockheed Martin’s Hybrid Airship Fly-By-Wire Technology
Traditional airships use a cable and pulley system for directional movement, which is finicky at best, and leaves tremendous opportunity for error. Continue reading