Skylifter

[TarJak]

Interesting way of shifting freight. Will be interesting to see if it takes off.:O:

http://www.smh.com.au/business/introducing-skylifter-a-new-giant-of-the-sky-20101007-168v8.html?autostart=0

[papa_smurf]

Wouldn't be surprised if the military have an interest in this...

[bookworm_020]

Would make an interesting AEW platform.

[TLAM Strike]

Would make an interesting AEW platform.

They are way ahead of you. The DoD has been doing it since the 1980s...

Web pages on it:

FAS
(http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/airdef/tars.htm)
Lockheed (http://www.lockheedmartin.com/products/Aerostat/index.html)

USAF (http://www.af.mil/information/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=3507)

[Weiss Pinguin]

I can't wait for the post apocalyptic skies filled with airships and sky prates :arrgh!:

[GoldenRivet]

I like it.

[bookworm_020]

I can't wait for the post apocalyptic skies filled with airships and sky prates :arrgh!:

Each firing large darts at each other.....:shucks: