Sci/Tech World's largest aircraft unveiled and hailed 'game changer'

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The world's longest aircraft, consisting of part airship, part helicopter and part plane, has been unveiled and could be the key to greener more efficient planes in future as developers predict one day there could be as many of the hybrids as there are helicopters today

The world’s largest aircraft which can stay airborne for up to three weeks and will be vital in delivering several tonnes of humanitarian aid as well as transporting heavy freight across the world, has been unveiled.

The 300ft (91m) ship is part plane, airship and helicopter, and there are plans to eventually use it to transport hundreds of tonnes of freight across difficult terrain throughout the world as well as deliver aid to risky areas.

It is environmentally friendly, being part airship filled with inert helium, and will also be used for surveillance and communications. Developers hope to make more of the 'green vehicles' which they hope to make capable of taking off from land, water, desert, ice and fields.

Bruce Dickinson, lead singer of Iron Maiden, compared the latest ship to Thunderbird 2 and described the craft as a “game changer.”

“It will be able to cross the Atlantic and launch things right where they need to be,” he told Radio 4’s Today programme.

Read the whole story here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/gr...ircraft-unveiled-and-hailed-game-changer.html

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I love they quote Bruce Dickinson from Iron Maiden that is Epic!