Airships To Carry Heavy Loads

George Monbiot has in the past been ridiculed for calling for the return of airships, those slow-moving, hydrogen-filled balloons which looked set to dominate the skies until the Hindenburg went boom.

He may be right, though. Boeing are looking at developing a new generation of blimp which can carry heavy loads, an environmentally friendlier way of shipping goods across remote regions than trucks or helicopters.