Das FLIEGENDE Luxus Hotel
23.Februar.2006 adminSo wie es aussieht, haben Luftschiffe bald wieder Konjunktur. Wie CNN in der letzten Woche mitteilte, soll ein erster Flug mit dem fliegenden Luxus bereits 2010 möglich sein.
This is not a Blimp. It's a sort of flying Queen Mary 2 that could change the way you think about air travel. It's the Aeroscraft, and when it's completed, it will ferry pampered passengers across continents and oceans as they stroll leisurely about the one-Acre cabin or relax in their well-appointed staterooms.
"You can land on the snow, you can land on the water," Pasternak says. "It's a new vision of what can be done in the air."Unlike its dirigible ancestors, the Aeroscraft is not lighter than air. Its 14 million cubic feet of helium hoist only two thirds of the craft's weight. The rigid and surprisingly aerodynamic body-driven by huge rearward propellers-generates enough additional lift to keep the behemoth and its 400-ton payload aloft while cruising. During takeoff and landing, six turbofan jet engines push the ship up or ease its descent.Vielleicht treffen wir uns ja schon bald in einem dieser Was sieht aus wie ein Schiff und fliegt? Der Luftschiffergruß lautet auf jeden Fall ähnlich wie im Bergbau, aber umgekehrt: "Glück ab!"