21st Century Airships

21st Century Airships Inc. (founded by Hokan Colting in 1988)[1] is a Canada-based research and development company for airship technologies.[2] These projects have included the development of a spherical shaped airship as well as airships for high altitude, environmental research, surveillance and military applications, heavy lifting and sightseeing.[3][4]

History

The Canadian leading entrepreneur in airship design Hokan Colting founded the 21st century airship in 1988 which earn him more than a Guinness book of record.[1] Colting aimed at designing an airship that could be cheaper to operate, manage and easy to control. The 21st Century Airships holds the world record for altitude reached in an airship at 6,400 metres.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "History, Travel, Arts, Science, People, Places | Air & Space Magazine". Airspacemag.com. Retrieved 2014-08-19.
  2. ↑ "21st Century Airships - Airship Resources". Myairship.com. 1997-08-08. Retrieved 2014-08-19.
  3. ↑ "Hokan Colting - ideacity". Ideacityonline.com. Retrieved 2014-08-19.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2014-08-19.
  5. ↑ "Digital Journal: A Global Digital Media Network". M.digitaljournal.com. 2004-02-17. Retrieved 2014-08-19.


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