Aeroscraft Flying Cruise Ship

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.

Aeroscraft flying cruise ship. The first prototype of this two-football-fields-long concept airship is planned for completion by 2010. The planned 600-foot-long Moby Air flying cruise ship would carry a payload of 400 tons and be powered by electric motors. The Toronto Star January 24 2013.

The Aeroscraft is a heavier-than-air vehicle currently in development for use in the near future -- a prototype should be finished by 2010. View inside Aeroscraft. 165 h x 244 w x 647.

Unlike its dirigible ancestors the Aeroscraft is not lighter than air. Its a blimp-like airship called the Aeroscraft and its so big it fills half a hanger by itself. Heavy Lift January 14 2013.

Its 14 million cubic feet of helium hoist only two-thirds of the crafts weight. Flying Magazine January 30 2013. A large Aeroscraft can be configured as a high volume passenger carrier or airborne cruise ship.

With amenities like piano lounges dining rooms and private staterooms airships were a luxurious and relaxed way to travel the world. The Aeroscraft in Pasternaks hangar is the biggest rigid airship built in the United States since the 1940s. The Aeroscraft model ML866 is a planned 20-ton hybrid airship to be built by the Worldwide Aeros Corporation.

Submarine-style airship prepares for first flight. The company envisions a cargo-carrying version that could deliver a stores worth of merchandise from a centralized distribution center straight to a Wal-Mart parking lot or because the helium-filled craft will float a. The Aeroscraft cruise ship will ferry passengers across the continental US.