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Fri, May 12, 2017

Airlander Returns To The Skies

Most Recent Flight Test Occurred May 10

The Airlander 10 resumed flight testing on Wednesday, May 10. All objectives of the planned flight were accomplished and the aircraft is now safely back at its masting site. The Airlander was taken off its mooring mast at 1720 local time and took off at 1728. It flew for a total of 180 minutes before landing at 2015 and was secured safely on the mast at 2020. 

"It was truly amazing to be back in the air. I loved every minute of the flight and the Airlander itself handled superbly. I am eager to get back into the cockpit and take her flying again.” - Chief Test Pilot, Dave Burns.
 
On board were Airlander’s two Test Pilots; Chief Test Pilot Dave Burns and Experimental Test Pilot, Simon Davies.

This test flight marked the resumption of the flight test program of the Airlander 10, which started on August 17, 2016.  During each of its 3 phases, the Airlander will perform more tasks and be permitted to fly further away from its base in Cardington. 
 
This marks the return to the skies of the world’s largest aircraft, the Airlander 10, and closes the incident in which the aircraft experienced a "heavy landing" last August. The Airlander has now flown three times in addition to a successful flight as HAV-304 during the US Army’s Long Endurance Multi-intelligence Vehicle program in 2012.

There were considerable modifications since it was the HAV-304 and the Hybrid Air Vehicles team have made a number of additional modifications since last August, the main ones visible today being a new more powerful and more manoeuvrable Mobile Mooring Mast (MMM), and the additional “landing feet” of the Auxiliary Landing System (ALS).

There were three test objectives during the flight, all of which were successfully achieved:

  • To conduct a full test flight – i.e. complete a safe takeoff, flight and landing of the aircraft.
  • To establish basic handling characteristics of Airlander within a well-defined flight envelope including assessment of the new ALS.
  • To collect flight performance data, such as handling, airspeed and all vehicle systems, for post-flight analysis. (This increases the understanding of the aircraft’s performance, capabilities and operating envelope.)

The ALS performed as expected on landing, and the Flight Test Team were very pleased with the initial analysis of this new addition to Airlander’s landing system. 

(Images provided with Hybrid Air Vehicles news release)

FMI: www.hybridairvehicles.com 

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