Aeroscraft ML866 Could Revolutionize Air Travel
A new type of aircraft resembling a zeppelin with wings has recently had its type certification application accepted by the United States Federal Aviation Administration.
According to the company’s president and CEO Igor Pasternak, the Aeroscraft ML866 utilizes adjustable buoyant and dynamic lift, creating unique capabilities beyond current air platforms.
The Aeroscraft is capable of hovering, taking off and landing vertically, giving it complete autonomy from airports. This ability to reach locations inaccessible to conventional aircraft will open up new frontiers in travel for business and leisure.
With a cabin area of 500 sq meters (or about 5,000 sq ft), the Aeroscraft is almost five times as spacious as a conventional business jet. It can glide through the skies at an altitude of more than 3,500 meters (or 11,500 ft), reaching speeds of more than 200 km/h (or 124 mph).
The craft’s mammoth size, spectacular aerial viewing deck and fully customizable interior will provide great functional flexibility, making it suitable as a cargo vessel capable of timely direct delivery even to remote locations, as a luxury sky yacht for travelers headed to the most exotic of locations on the planet, or as a hi-tech business conference center in the sky.
With its type certification already in the works, the aircraft may take to the skies earlier than other much publicized conceptual “zeppelins” such as the “Manned Cloud” by French designer Massaud or the Strato Cruiser Airship we previously featured.
via Tuvie
