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Airship promoters set up European study

US-based Aeroscraft – which plans to launch a cargo-carrying variable buoyancy airship – has signed a memorandum of understanding for an independent study to analyse the fields of application for the new craft in cargo and logistics in and around the European Union. The study will also examine the impact on cargo and transport logistics, in and outside urban areas, operational limitations, operational security and safety, and operator requirements. The Aeroscraft ... [+]

Cargolux signs deal with airship firm

Aeroscraft Corporation, US-based inventor of a revolutionary new type of airship, has signed a memorandum of understanding with European-based freighter airline, Cargolux. Aeroscraft is developing a new design of airship that can control its own buoyancy, capable of handling heavy payloads but without the need to add or jetison ballast ... [+]

Icelandic airship plan ready for lift off

Icelandair Cargo is to set up a partnership with US-based Aeroscraft corporation to develop transport by airship in the Arctic region. Aeroscraft is developing a new design of airship that can control its own buoyancy, capable of handling heavy payloads but without the need to add or jetison ballast as ... [+]

Roof collapses on freight airship prototype

The Aeroscraft project to build a freight-carrying airship suffered a setback on 7 October when the roof of the World War II era hangar housing the experimental craft partially collapsed. Damage to the craft housed at a former Marine base in Orange County was however reported to be slight. Aeroscraft ... [+]

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