{"id":29144,"date":"2019-01-14T23:23:04","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T23:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=29144"},"modified":"2019-01-14T23:23:04","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T23:23:04","slug":"worlds-biggest-aircraft-moves-toward-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=29144","title":{"rendered":"World’s biggest aircraft moves toward production"},"content":{"rendered":"
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London (CNN) \u2014 <\/cite>The world’s largest aircraft has been retired after six test flights, as its developers prepare to build a new, commercial model to take to the skies in the early 2020s.<\/span><\/p>\n

The prototype Airlander 10, a hybrid helium airship built by Hybrid Air Vehicles, based in Bedfordshire in central England, measures 300 feet in length — and has been dubbed the “flying bum” because of its unfortunate shape.<\/span><\/p>\n

Its “luxury” variant was formally unveiled at the Farnborough Airshow in the UK in July, after a development process that was hit by some high-profile setbacks — including a crash landing on its second flight.<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n

Hybrid Air Vehicles will now begin work on the production version of the prototype, having secured approved from the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).<\/span><\/p>\n

The luxury Airlander features a 150-foot-long cabin with plush en-suite bedrooms, an on-board “altitude” bar and glass flooring.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Passengers can sip cocktails while enjoying horizon to horizon views and live in comfort in double en-suite cabins while overflying and landing at incredible, remote, and unvisited locations,” a company spokeswoman said.<\/span><\/p>\n

It can reach heights of up to 6,100 meters (16,000 feet), and will host three-day expeditions for a maximum of 19 passengers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Airlander 10, a spectacularly huge, helium-pumped aircraft, is unveiled fully assembled for the first time, in a giant aviation hangar near London. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The company also says its production model will “rethink the skies,” and is aiming for the aircraft to be low-carbon. The new model will be of a similar size to the prototype, though exact dimensions are yet to be confirmed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hybrid Air Vehicles hailed the award of Production Organisation Approval (POA) from the CAA, which allows it to proceed with the manufacture and assembly elements of production, as a “significant milestone.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“The POA is the regulator’s stamp of approval for us to move ahead with the productionisation of Airlander 10 on the path to type certification. This puts us in a great position going into 2019,” the company’s executive director Nick Allman said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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