The hotelicopter a flying cruise like experience with queen size beds a jacuzzi, sauna and the SkySpa all rapped up in the largist helicopter ever made, the Soviet Mil V-12. Dave Demerjian over at Wired gave the full run down of the hoax. If it was supposed to be an April fools gag, nothing like getting a head of your self, notice the time stamp on the wired storyMarch 30, 2009 | 3:46:34 PM.
The only surviving Mil V-12 is the top photo and the modified V-12 for the Hotelicopter. That is almost double the the size of the original.www.hotelicopter.com
As an idea I think its a great one a nice comfortable way to travel that goes back to to the zeppelins of the pre-WWII and the Hindenburg. The folks over at Lockheed Martin have developed an airship, that reminds me of the USS Los Angeles, developed for the us army's project Walrus, the P-791 zeppelin that can hull between 500-1000 tons with a range of 12,000 nautical miles. It could be redesigned to be a cruise ship in the sky.
A small test prototype is set to be tested some time in the near future about the cargo space of a C-130, about a quarter scale test. Once again I have to tip my hat to those that work in the coolest place that I will never get to visit the Skunk Works.
A small test prototype is set to be tested some time in the near future about the cargo space of a C-130, about a quarter scale test. Once again I have to tip my hat to those that work in the coolest place that I will never get to visit the Skunk Works. The Hotelicopter - The World's First Flying Hotel! from Alvin Farley on Vimeo.
After watching that clip how could you believe that that was a test flight.
After watching that clip how could you believe that that was a test flight.
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