Hats off to Ohio entrepreneurs Robert Rist and Brian Martin for creating this fabulous high-flying hybrid that couple a fixed-wing airplane with a zeppelin. Though riding it is a hard nut to crack, especially while launching and landing, still it’s a breakthrough paving path for future hybrid airplanes.



Called as Dynalifter, this $500,000, 117-foot-long prototype vessel fires up the runway like a jet, still sucks in a very less amount of fuel as compared to a real jet engine. “Rather than spending a quarter of a billion dollars on a new airplane,” Martin says, “you can build an airship to perform the same function for much less.”



Ohio Airship’s Dynalifter opens up a plethora of usability options ranging from luxury travel to military installations.



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