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Airship Industries

British company
Also known as: Airship Developments
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  • Assembly of the Boeing 787
    aerospace industry
    / Airships

    …Britain when Airship Developments, later Airship Industries, created a successful fleet of multirole airships. The prototype, the AD500, first flew in 1979, and the production model, the Skyship 500, made its maiden flight two years later. Commercial service, consisting of sightseeing tours over London, began in 1986. Using vectored thrust…

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    …Britain when Airship Developments, later Airship Industries, created a successful fleet of multirole airships. The prototype, the AD500, first flew in 1979, and the production model, the Skyship 500, made its maiden flight two years later. Commercial service, consisting of sightseeing tours over London, began in 1986. Using vectored thrust…

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