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World's longest aircraft takes its first flight (video)
That aircraft you see above may look more than a little odd, but it just made history... and it might be the future of flight. Hybrid Air Vehicles has successfully flown the Airlander 10, a long-endurance airplane/airship hybrid billed as the longest aircraft ever at 302ft end to end. It was just a short, minutes-long trip around the countryside in UK's Bedfordshire, but it showed that the massive (if more than a little posterior-like) design is airworthy. (www.engadget.com) More...
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You are about 17 HOURS late for your post if you bothered to read its down several posts.
Margeaux gets paid to drive traffic to her site and doesn't care if the same story was reported hours or days earlier on this site. I don't know why she is still allowed to post here. All she is doing is planting links to drive up Newser's relevance in search engines, and hopefully get some click-throughs and ad view revenue.
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'New Age' in Flight? World's Biggest Aircraft Soars
A blimp-shaped, helium-filled airship considered the world's largest aircraft flew for the first time Wednesday with a short but historic jaunt over an airfield in central England, reports the AP.
http://www.newser.com/story/229844/new-age-in-flight-worlds-biggest-aircraft-soars.html
'New Age' in Flight? World's Biggest Aircraft Soars
A blimp-shaped, helium-filled airship considered the world's largest aircraft flew for the first time Wednesday with a short but historic jaunt over an airfield in central England, reports the AP.
http://www.newser.com/story/229844/new-age-in-flight-worlds-biggest-aircraft-soars.html
