Following the rapid changes resulting from modern technology, the current society should invest in flexible and efficient projects with long-term benefits. However, it is necessary to invest money in these types of projects. Undoubtedly, the prod uction, operation, and maintenance costs of these aircrafts are high. Similarly, the training of personnel to operate these flexible cargo lifters is challenging. According to the German Press, the production cost of a single CL160 is 502 million dollars (, 2017) One of the main problem is the viability of the aircrafts. Despite the uses, the usage of these such airships have some setbacks. CL160 for instance could facilitate the lifting of heavy loads from the factories to the desired locations. The aircrafts are as useful for transporting perishable products. Multinational companies or businesspersons could use these airships to distribute their products to their global branches. The aircrafts provide quick and efficient means of transport. Like in the military market, the car go lifter airships could have significant uses as well as problems in the civilian market. These, together with other benefits, I believe that such super airstrips are fit for military cargo transport. According to (2017), a single CL160 is capable of aiding the transportation of food stuffs for more than 25,000 people. Moreover, the aircraft could be effective for the transportation of emergency and humanitarian aid. Without extensive road structures or airfields, the aircraft may carry voluminous payloads of up to 3, 400 cubic meters and go beyond 9, 900 kilometers. For instance, the CL160 could carry heavy weight loads weighing between 160 to 180 metric tons. The company that made the original Zeppelins is still in business as well, but uses a different technology than Cargolifter, and specialises in small airships with low lift capacity that are mainly used for advertising purposes.Cargo-lifter CL160 and the United States Army WalrusĪfter researching and reading about the Cargo-lifter CL160, the United States Army Walrus, and other super airships used for military cargo transport, I am certain that these types of cargo carrying airplanes could be having a good market in t he military. The 160-tonne version of the airship was intended to be twice the volume of the original Zeppelin and filled with non-flammable helium rather than hydrogen.
The Cargolifter was the idea of a German industry commission set up to find new ways of carrying huge unwieldy loads around the world. Not since the Hindenburg disaster in 1937 had airships been seriously considered as a viable form of commercial transport. The stock has recently been trading at less than one euro.Īfter the insolvency filing, the shares slipped lower still to stand at 0.61 euros.Ĭargolifter's setback comes 65 years after the Hindenburg, one of the original passenger-carrying Zeppelins, burst into flames over the US. In May 2000 it issued shares at a price of 15 euros each. If there is no other way to go or when the going gets. Using the air as infrastructure allows us to go higher, further and lighter than anyone else. The company, set up in 1996, employs about 500 people. CargoLifter offers unique and sophisticated solutions for lifting and transportation of goods on critical terrain and in remote areas by lighter-than-air (LTA) technology. If the administrator succeeds, Cargolifter's unusual heavy cargo carriers could yet see the light of day. Under Friday's insolvency filing, the Berlin-based company will be protected from its creditors while a court-appointed administrator attempts to turn the company around.
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