Many will know that I am studying tourism and come across new modes of holiday and luxuary travel.
This is certainly in development:
Height: 265m, from docking rig at the base to the tip
Volume of airship's 'main envelope': 330,000 cubic metres
Primary structure, envelope and systems: 270 tons (same weight as an airbus A380 super jumbo)
Consumables, water, ballast: 20 tons
Max number of people on board: 100
Max altitude it can fly at: 12,000ft.
Crew: Six, including two flight engineers
Support staff: 14 to look after passengers
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