Tag: Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV)

World’s ‘largest aircraft’ gets off ground

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The world’s “largest aircraft” embarked on its maiden flight on Wednesday, four days after a previous attempt was abandoned due to technical issues. The Airlander 10 — part plane, part airship — took to the skies amid cheers and applause from crowds gathered at an airfield in Cardington, central England. The successful flight comes 85 years after another airship — the ill-fated R101 — took off from the same airfield […]