Bullet 580 Blimp Is The World’s Largest Airship—Which You Can Hire

Costing $ 8 million , the Bullet 580 is the world ’s largest Colonel Blimp , measuring 71 m farsighted , and 19 m in diameter . Able to be flee remotely or with a crowd , you could rent it — for over $ 300,000 a month .

If you do adjudicate to rent it out for a month , you ’ve convey a long meter of inflate in advance of you — it took six hours to amplify it with helium at Alabama ’s Garret Coliseum , where this motion picture was taken . Built from kevlar stuff which is ten fourth dimension stronger than steel , the blimp can hold up to 2,000lbs of system of weights and travel 6,096 thou ( 20,000 feet ) high , move at 35 mph with a top speed of 80 mph .

While it ’ll be useable to rent out at a later appointment , its first test flight will only occur this summer — so there ’s no promises you ’ll be flee over the Grand Canyon this Christmas . [ E - Green TechnologiesviaThe Age ]

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