The world's largest aircraft branded 'the flying bum' has taken to the skies in a successful maiden voyage - the first since a revamp in Britain.


The 302ft-long Airlander 10 - part plane, part helicopter, part airship - loomed overhead at Cardington airfield in Bedfordshire as the sun started to set on this evening. _{reports Afriwap.com}

Photographers and plane spotters baked in the sun as they waited to see the aircraft, whose bulbous exterior has earned it the less-than-glamorous nickname 'the flying bum', take off.



The developers called the ship a 'great British innovation' after the flight, which was a modern milestone in airships, which was all but abandoned after the famous Hindenburg disaster in 1937.

Stephen McGlennan, chief executive of Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV), added: 'It's a combination of an aircraft that has parts of normal fixed-wing aircraft, it's got helicopter, it's got airship.'

The Airlander is designed to use less fuel than a plane, but carry heavier loads than conventional airships.

HAV say it can reach 16,000 feet, travel at up to 90 mph and stay aloft for up to two weeks.

Source: http://afriwap.com/general-discussion/world-biggest-aircraft-airlander-finally-hit-the-skies/



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The way the plane moves still amazes me

I wish i could fly in that, so cool

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