New hybrid airships prepare to take flight

edition.cnn.com...

Be cost effective for mail delivery over seas...
One would think.

"hey Mom im sending some goods over from Europe........it'll be there in about a month" lol

They need to make these close to autonomous if not fully autonomous before even building these things. The tech these days should fairly easily make this possible. A pilot should only be needed for potentially landing and this can be done remotely. Adding this in should only be a small fraction of the total cost of these.

Turtle Airships was going to build a reinforced dirigible that could hit 200+mph. Were supposed to be built in Asia a few years ago then went silent.

Air Force's Project Walrus was in 2007 I believe when they constructed their own. It's the big black triangle seen flying over the south west. Think it has to carry 500 tons minimum, a whole Army Battalion.

Really cheap way to fly. With current technology air ships can be reinforced for 200 mph flight. Almost half the speed of a cargo 747...but carry more and cheaper.

Could something like this be used in logging?