The airship Airlander 10 has now been in the air for the first time.
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After three years of work on the airship Airlander 10 lifted it the first time Wednesday, August 17th.
the maiden flight was made around Cardington airfield in the UK which was a luftskeppsbas during the first world war, writes Phys.org.
With a length of 92 meters, it is said to be the world largest aircraft in operation. The airship that can hold 37,000 cubic meters of helium were developed for the US armed forces in a project that was closed and the only one built machine was sold in 2013 to British Hybrid Air Vehicles now converted airship for civilian use.
Maximum altitude estimated at 4 900 meters where it will be able to reach speeds around 150 km / h and could be in the air for up to two weeks.
the British company hopes to find both civil and military customers for its airships that can be used for example for monitoring, transport, passenger and freight transport where the load capacity is ten tons.
the goal of Hybrid Air Vehicles is to build ten Airlanders until 2021. there are also plans for a larger version which should be able to unload 50 tons.
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