SOMETHING IN THE AIR......

An aircraft that can fly to any location on Earth; without need of any airport to operate from.
It needs no runway; landing and taking off vertically from unprepared fields, from icefields, desert sands, heavy shrublands, from lakes, rivers; even from the surface of the ocean.
It has no range limitations.
It can fly over oceans, mountains, continents, or around the world.
It is slower than commercial jets; but faster than trucks, trains, or marine ships.
It can carry hundreds of passengers, or hundreds of tons of cargos.
It can do all this without using fuel at all.

NEW NAVY SHIPS OF THE AIR

Hindenburg, Akron, Macon....all about 800' long, about 130' in diameter, all carried about 100 tons, at about 70mph, diesel fueled.

Modern Nimitz class aircraft carrier is about 1,100 feet long, 250 wide, about 40mph, nuclear fueled.

This is what the Navy needs:
Rigid shelled, amphibious airships.
600' long, 360' wide.
500 persons,
150-200mph,
solar powered.

fast. stealthy. over sea, over land.

No blimps!

(sigh..and here we GO...)

No blimps, no blimps, no blimps, NO blimps, NO BLIMPS, NO!

No mooring masts.
No slow, big fat bags of helium
No ground crews handling line lines to land or take off.
No giant hangars.

No Blimps, (or zeppelin-like similar craft)

Aw, hells bells people.....
NO BLOODY BLOOMIN BLIMPS!