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Newspaper
Tustin News
Location
Tustin, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 2013
Page
4
Aeros tests a helium laden airship Dragon Dream using ballast to dive and rise like a submarine. The craft promises vertical takeoff and landing and cargo unloading without external ballast, enabling direct factory pickups abroad and deliveries to hard to reach locations such as Afghanistan’s mountains.
Government funding of 35 million backs Dragon Dream as Worldwide Aeros Corp plans a massive airship. The venture lists 1 million cargo capacity pounds, 9 800 feet maximum altitude, 1 074 feet hangar length in Tustin, 920 feet airship length, 266 feet airship length, 60 knots top speed, and notes the aircraft will depart its hangar line multiple times in coming months as lessons are learned.
Dragon Dream by Dragon Dream Worldwide Aeros can take off and land like a helicopter. The test craft may fly outside its hangar in Tustin as early as late summer. The project, funded about 35 million dollars by the Defense Department and NASA, aims to inspire larger cargo airships carrying 66 and later 250 to 500 tons. Plans include extensive testing in the Tustin hangar with the team selling the craft in pieces if it fails.
The Dragon Dream is a 266 foot rigid airship using diesel fuel and a four pad ground support system that can glide or anchor. Its aluminum and carbon fiber hull is coated with a silvery skin to reflect sun and retain helium. Planned Aeros craft may carry freight up to 220 feet long.
Corky Belanger discusses a career beginning at Goodyear in 1974 and spanning decades in airships. He explains staying with blimps for the slower pace and vast, scenic flights, noting a passion for photography and experiences from the Alps to the Andes and beyond.
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