I’ve blogged before about aviators attempting to repopularize the airship. More on the topic by Jon Stewart at the BBC:

“If you like the idea of cruising on a ship in laid-back luxury, but prefer the speed and convenience of air travel, there may soon be a solution. Drawing their inspiration from the airships of yesteryear, a new generation of airship-like vehicles could soon be making their way across our skies.

In a hangar outside Tustin in California, engineers are preparing one of the most radical designs for testing. The Aeroscraft, as it is known, is the brainchild of Igor Pasternak and has been made possible by advances in materials and computer control systems.

‘We are resurrecting [the airship] with new composite fabric structures, that are stronger, lighter, more versatile,’ says Fred Edworthy, of Aeros, the company building the lighter-than-air vehicle.”

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“Advanced Variable Buoyancy Air Vehicle”: