Message posted by Perplexium on July 07, 2010 at 7:28:56 PST:

Does anybody have a copy of the Lockheed proposal for a Small Rigid Airship (SRA) going back to 1984 or so?

In the introduction to the paper Roy Gibbens wrote:
"Engineers are no longer restricted to use the
classical 'Cigar' shapes of the past...Because we can form these new materials to more desirable aerodynamic shapes,we can now develop the small rigid airship to be a practical vehicle."

It goes on to say "These new SRAs will look more like 'Lifting Body Vehicles than Blimps".

This would be a REALLY, REALLY interesting paper to read...

Peter Merlin, are you listening?

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