Cruise ship will sail through the air, not the water!!!

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The Flying Luxury Hotel

Tomorrow's cruise ship will sail through the air, not the water


Joshua Tompkins

This is not a Blimp. It's a sort of flying Queen Mary 2 that could
change the way you think about air travel. It's the Aeroscraft, and
when it's completed, it will ferry pampered passengers across
continents and oceans as they stroll leisurely about the one-acre cabin
or relax in their well-appointed staterooms.

Unlike its dirigible ancestors, the Aeroscraft is not lighter than air.
Its 14 million cubic feet of helium hoist only two thirds of the
craft's weight. 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. During takeoff
and landing, six turbofan jet engines push the ship up or ease its
descent.

This two-football-fields-long concept airship is the brainchild of Igor
Pasternak, whose privately-funded California firm, Worldwide Aeros
Corporation, is in the early stages of developing a prototype and
expects to have one completed by 2010. Pasternak says several cruise
ship companies have expressed interest in the project, and for good
reason: The craft would have a range of several thousand miles and,
with an estimated top speed of 174 mph, could traverse the continental
U.S. in about 18 hours. During the flight, passengers would peer at
national landmarks just 8,000 feet below or, if they weren't captivated
by the view, the cavernous interior would easily accommodate such
amenities as luxury staterooms, restaurants, even a casino.

To minimize noise, the aft-mounted propellers will be electric, powered
by a renewable source such as hydrogen fuel cells. A sophisticated
buoyancy-management system will serve the same purpose as trim on an
airplane, allowing for precise adjustments in flight dynamics to
compensate for outside conditions and passenger movement. The automated
system will draw outside air into compartments throughout the ship and
compress it to manage onboard weight.

The company envisions a cargo-carrying version that could deliver a
store's worth of merchandise from a centralized distribution center
straight to a Wal-Mart parking lot or, because the helium-filled craft
will float, a year's worth of supplies to an offshore oil rig. "You can
land on the snow, you can land on the water," Pasternak says. "It's a
new vision of what can be done in the air."

Aeroscraft
Purpose: Long-range travel for passengers who are more concerned with
the journey than the destination
Dimensions (feet): 165 h x 244 w x 647 l
Max Speed: 174 mph
Range: 6,000 miles
Capacity: 250 passengers

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It's about time that this concept be realized.

Aloha

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The Flying Luxury Hotel

Tomorrow's cruise ship will sail through the air, not the water

I love to fly, am crazy for all things that float or otherwise go in the
air (rockets, planes, dirigibles, etc.), so I'd really enjoy something
like this. I hope they realize their dreams and someday deploy this new
concept in airships.

Where's my flying car???!!! Forget a flying cruise ship. I was
promised a flying car in the year 2000 and I want one!!!



On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 16:42:59 -0700, PastaLover
wrote:

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The Flying Luxury Hotel

Tomorrow's cruise ship will sail through the air, not the water

I love to fly, am crazy for all things that float or otherwise go in the
air (rockets, planes, dirigibles, etc.), so I'd really enjoy something
like this. I hope they realize their dreams and someday deploy this new
concept in airships.

"PastaLover" wrote in message news:%gOJf.427$




3,600 passengers going through TSA to get on a cruiseship!

If i want to be in the air,i will take a plane,for a cruise i want the
sea

(.a cruise lover.)

Surfer:

Don't knock it until you try it. You might like going slow over
coastlines where you can see a lot more than from a ship. Stops along
the way will not be limited to sea/river ports and arrival/departures
should not have to consider sea states. Anyway, it will be a bit of a
wait before this form of transportation firms up so no need to prejudge
it.

Aloha

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To minimize noise, the aft-mounted propellers will be electric, powered
by a renewable source such as hydrogen fuel cells. A sophisticated
buoyancy-management system will serve the same purpose as trim on an
airplane, allowing for precise adjustments in flight dynamics to
compensate for outside conditions and passenger movement. The automated
system will draw outside air into compartments throughout the ship and
compress it to manage onboard weight.

Too much undefined technology. 2010 is only four years away and we
are more than four years from having anything useful out of fuel
cells.


The company envisions a cargo-carrying version that could deliver a
store's worth of merchandise from a centralized distribution center
straight to a Wal-Mart parking lot or, because the helium-filled craft
will float, a year's worth of supplies to an offshore oil rig. "You can
land on the snow, you can land on the water," Pasternak says. "It's a
new vision of what can be done in the air."

All it takes is a runway. If it's not lighter than air, it will need
some kind of infrasturcture. So much for the Wal-Mart idea. And no
oil rig can deal with a year's worth of supplies.


Aeroscraft
Purpose: Long-range travel for passengers who are more concerned with
the journey than the destination
Dimensions (feet): 165 h x 244 w x 647 l

What parking lot will this fit on?

Max Speed: 174 mph
Range: 6,000 miles
Capacity: 250 passengers





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