FLOATING HEAVY CARGO ON THE WIND

Heavy lifter “Dragon Dream” passes Pentagon and NASA tests

Paul Dvorak, March 3, 2014 (Windpower Engineering & Development)

“Wind developers will find good news from Aeros, developer of the Aeroscraft, a heavy lift vehicle intended in part to carry large components such as towers, nacelles, and rotor blades to construction sites, especially those with difficult ground access…Government [testing] and demonstrations have been completed successfully within budget and a month ahead of schedule…on the Dragon Dream, a scaled-down non-deployable Aeroscraft built as a technology demonstration platform and engineering test bed…The company envisions solving shipping problems for major industries around the world including energy production, wind farm development, military, humanity, energy exploration, and mining among others…Aeros plans to have the first if its initial fleet of 22 vehicles ready for operation in FY 2016 following FAA type certification…on a lease model, providing client services including aircraft, crew, maintenance, and insurance.” click here for more

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