Vesper Rising

10/31/2017

Wishing everyone a happy and safe Halloween! 🎃

09/28/2017

09/26/2017

Low engine vibrations also make for a very comfortable passenger cabin, unlike a helicopter or fixed-wing aircraft which are both extremely loud and shake you to the core.

Cosmic microwave radiation is remnant heat from the Big Bang, and a proposed airship could help astrophysicists more accurately observe it.

09/25/2017

We're also now on Flickr

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09/25/2017

Extremely spacious viewing area! Very nice 👍

09/24/2017

How about an airship voyage up and down such a beautiful coastline?

09/16/2017

We'd like to extend a warm thanks to Andy Barton and the Hybrid Air Vehicles team for having us over at Cardington this week. Your Airlander airship is such a beauty! Keep up the great work!

09/16/2017

Wishing Hybrid Air Vehicles all the best with the next phase of flight trials! Keep up the great work!

We are delighted to announce we have now received the letter from our regulators EASA which permits us to move into the 2nd phase of test-flying (known as Airworthiness Release 2a). Having our regulator validate the data from our test flights and agree that we are safe to fly in a wider range of conditions is an important moment in our Airlander journey. Airworthiness Release 2a permits us to fly higher (up to 7000 feet), faster (up to 50 knots) and further away from our airfield (up to 75 nautical miles away), but most crucially allows us to undertake display and demonstration activity. We are therefore now ready to run customer trials and demonstrations.

Tonight we brought the Airlander into the hangar for some upgrades, maintenance and repairs in preparation for this next phase.

09/07/2017

09/04/2017

09/03/2017

Who's up for some Blackjack hovering 5,000 feet over the Vegas strip?