Boeing, SkyHook to build ‘blimp on steroids’ - for remote resource extraction
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008Under the plan announced Tuesday by Boeing, based in Chicago, and Skyhook, a privately held business in Calgary, the Jess Heavy Lifter, or JHL-40, a helium-filled dirigible powered by four large helicopter-style rotors, would be designed to carry up to 40 metric tons of steel, trucks and other goods nearly ...