![]() Airships may be a suitable platform for such applications. Several governments have research and development activities focused on stratospheric platforms to support communications and surveillance requirements. The contract, which provides for a detailed study of lighter-than-air stratospheric platforms, will enable Boeing and CargoLifter to coordinate efforts to bid as airship system suppliers for current and future programs.ĬargoLifter has the capability and expertise for lighter-than-air platform development, and we are excited to work with them. ![]() The Skyship airship, which had been purchased by Cargolifter for training and research purposes, was sold to Swiss Skycruise and used in Athens for flights connected with the Olympic games held there.In July 2002 Boeing and CargoLifter AG signed a contract to jointly explore stratospheric airship concepts.The airship hangar was converted to a ‘tropical paradise’-themed indoor holiday resort called Tropical Islands, which opened in 2004. In June 2003, the company’s facilities were sold off for less than 20% of the construction costs.Due to technical issues within the logistic chain of the LTA technology (docking the airships in extreme situations), the development of the Cargolifter halted.The fate of parts of the 300 million euros in shareholder funds from over 70,000 investors is still unclear. On 7 June 2002 the company announced insolvency, and liquidation proceedings began the following month.The German company probably met insolvency before it could be done. A test flight above Manaus was supposed to take place in 2002, as this article mentions.Another aircraft, the “CL 75 Aircrane” transportation balloon prototype, of similar size was built but destroyed in a storm in July 2002.A small scale experimental airship known as “Joey” was built and had its maiden flight in October 1999. ![]()
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