Varialift Airship

[hesham]

Hi,

Varialift is a unique heavy lift transport Airship,its carrying capacity
is from one ton to 1000 tonnes.
http://www.varialift.com/

 

[flateric]

Lyle Lanley: Well, sir, there's nothing on earth
Like a genuine,
Bona fide,
Electrified,
Six-car
Monorail!
What'd I say?
Ned Flanders: Monorail!
Lyle Lanley: What's it called?
Patty+Selma: Monorail!
Lyle Lanley: That's right! Monorail!
[crowd chants `Monorail' softly and rhythmically]
Miss Hoover: I hear those things are awfully loud...
Lyle Lanley: It glides as softly as a cloud.
Apu: Is there a chance the track could bend?
Lyle Lanley: Not on your life, my Hindu friend.
Barney: What about us brain-dead slobs?
Lyle Lanley: You'll be given cushy jobs.
Abe: Were you sent here by the devil?
Lyle Lanley: No, good sir, I'm on the level.
Wiggum: The ring came off my pudding can.
Lyle Lanley: Take my pen knife, my good man.
I swear it's Springfield's only choice...
Throw up your hands and raise your voice!
All: Monorail!
Lyle Lanley: What's it called?
All: Monorail!
Lyle Lanley: Once again...
All: Monorail!
Marge: But Main Street's still all cracked and broken...
Bart: Sorry, Mom, the mob has spoken!
All: Monorail!
Monorail!
Monorail!
[big finish]
Monorail!
Homer: Mono... D'oh!

 

[Jemiba]

I think, the most serious point is :

"In order to carry this out the aim is to raise £20 million in share capital for
a new company to be called Varialift Airships PLC."

Here in germany, we had a similar company, which gave "opportunities for
investmenst". They even built one of the largest hangars in the world, which
is still in use today. As a large swimming-bath and relaxation center ... ;D

 

[KJ_Lesnick]

This sounds incredible... the ability to float off the ground, and accelerate to the flying speed of an airplane. I just asked in another post if something like this was possible. I guess it is. How fast can this baby go?

Kendra Lesnick

 

[Jemiba]

Just had another quick look at the site, but couldn't find any mention of "JET aircraft speed" ...
To reach "aircraft speed " is simple, I think !

 

[flateric]

Here in germany, we had a similar company, which gave "opportunities for
investmenst". They even built one of the largest hangars in the world, which
is still in use today. As a large swimming-bath and relaxation center ... ;D

CargoLifter AG hangar at ex-USSR airfield at Briesen-Brand, yes...

It all stared like this

http://www.jamd.com/search?text=Briesen-Brand

... and ended like this...

with 'new' CL CargoLifter GmbH & Co. KG and *SkyDraisine*

BTW - CargoLifter - CL160 and hangar coloured paper model; scale 1:1250;
model length: CL 160 ca. 21 cm and hangar ca. 29 cm; difficulty class: advanced
Price: € 9,95
http://www.papmobil.de/CL160.htm