The company that made the original Zeppelins is still in business as well, but uses a different technology than Cargolifter, and specialises in small airships with low lift capacity that are mainly used for advertising purposes. Airships, flying bums and floating whales. The 160-tonne version of the airship was intended to be twice the volume of the original Zeppelin and filled with non-flammable helium rather than hydrogen. The Cargolifter was the idea of a German industry commission set up to find new ways of carrying huge unwieldy loads around the world. Not since the Hindenburg disaster in 1937 had airships been seriously considered as a viable form of commercial transport.
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blimp airship cargolifter dirigible lta zeppelin balloon aircraft other 29.00 Royalty Free License Add to cart J john-macneill (55 reviews) Response 75 in 1. 850-feet long and capable of carrying loads of 160-tons. The Cargolifter CL 160 is a semi-rigid or keeled airship in which the envelope is not stretched over a rigid structure but has a keel which is attached to the bottom of the envelope and distributes the weight of the payload along the length of the envelope. The stock has recently been trading at less than one euro.Īfter the insolvency filing, the shares slipped lower still to stand at 0.61 euros.Ĭargolifter's setback comes 65 years after the Hindenburg, one of the original passenger-carrying Zeppelins, burst into flames over the US. The CargoLifter CL160 German semi-rigid airship. Also, maneuvering is an art in itself: If the ship sinks into warmer air, the adiabatic heating of the lifting gas might not be enough to maintain lift and the ship picks up sink speed. In May 2000 it issued shares at a price of 15 euros each. In case of the Cargolifter CL-160, power had to be increased by 40 from the initial design in order to stay well above its critical speed. The company, set up in 1996, employs about 500 people. If the administrator succeeds, Cargolifter's unusual heavy cargo carriers could yet see the light of day.
Under Friday's insolvency filing, the Berlin-based company will be protected from its creditors while a court-appointed administrator attempts to turn the company around.
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