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D Lu, Solar-powered airship could make freight green, New Scientist, 12 October 2019, p 15
In UK, Varialift Airships is building in France an airship that depends on helium for buoyancy and, on reaching an altitude of 10 000 m, is propelled by a combination of two solar-powered and two conventional jet engines. The craft is 140 m in length, and is expected to fly at about 450 km/h using only 8% of the fuel of a conventional air liner.
Abstract details
Journal title: New Scientist
Keywords: 4 Propulsion - 4.5 Solar propulsion
Subjects: Solar power, Helium
