Friday November 6 2015  Lorna Sharpe, sub-editor Airlander blimp takes to the air for the first time The idea of an airship might conjure up visions of the 1930s, but for the last few years work has been going on to build one at the historic Cardington hangar in Bedfordshire. The team members at Hybrid Air Vehicles are hoping that it will be the first of a new generation of quiet, green long-endurance transporters serving remote areas where conventional aircraft couldn’t land. I saw the Airlander when its hull was first inflated (with air, not helium, back then), so I … Continue reading E&T news weekly #69 – we choose our favourite engineering and technology news stories from the week