Aeroscraft – Get your blimp on
Oh snap! This thing is HUGE!
The Aeroscraft ML866, by Aeros, is a modern day “blimp” of sorts.
Aeros aims to reinvent the flying wheel and make air travel much more luxurious (if you so chose). They like to refer to it as a flying yacht…with the pool included.
This jumbo plane/blimp is a tasty 5,382 square feet and has a travel range of 3,100 miles. Unfortunately, its top speed is a snail’s pace 115 mph.
The upside here is that it can land or takeoff from pretty much anywhere. It has a vertical takeoff and landing that is supposedly quite gentle and slow.
Word has it that the first model will be operational by late-September 2007!
[via: gizmag]
