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Skyacht are working on a personal blimp … It looks pretty cool and if the whole “hot air ballooning” gig is your thing it looks like it would be a lot of fun.

The Personal Blimp uses hot air (rather than Helium) for lift and virtually silent electric motors for propulsion. To put it another way: the Personal Blimp is a hot air balloon that can be maneuvered about in nearly perfect quiet. Passengers in a Personal Blimp have a serene experience of flight unavailable in any other type of aircraft. (Note: Initial flight tests are using a conventional gas-powered motor. Electric motors will be added once these initial tests are complete.)

src: MAKE:Blog

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