11 December – Meeting between our Partners and MEPs Van Brug and Oetjen at the EU Parliament + the visit at the Saxony Representation in Brussels
On December 11, MEP Anouk van Brug hosted the first session with joint participation of MEP Jan-Christoph Oetjen dedicated to to Airship/Lighter-Than-Air technology, a strategic, not so well known, but crucial innovation in the aviation sector. The event featured a series of insightful presentations and discussions on how airships revolutionize environmental surveillance, cargo transport, humanitarian aid, and sustainable tourism. Key Highlights: Introduction speeches were held by MEP Anouk van Brug and Jan-Christoph Oetjen – Renew Europe The partners of the the U-LTA platform were presented, notably MITEB, HyLight, FLYING WHALES, roboloon, Wolkenflug in person as well as Kelluu, Aéronde and LTA Research, including supply industries as Trelleborg Group (Coatings), DIATEX SAS (Fabrics), 45-8 ENERGY (Helium/Hydrogen), CSEM, AEF Aero and the academic partners FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, the Aerospace Department of the Politecnico di Milano, Université libre de Bruxelles/ATM Department, Concordia University, University of Stuttgart and the Université D’Evry The discussion showed the…
21 May Meetup Essen/Mulheim Airport – Germany
On 21 May was the big day! In perspective of the U-LTA Programme, the IMIEU (Institute for Infrastructure, Environment and Innovation) organized the first partner fact-finding site visit to the splendid new operation site of Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei GmbH site in North Rhine-Westphalia near Düsseldorf (a few hours away from Amsterdam, Paris, Brussels, and Antwerp). Lucky with excellent weather, we had a firsthand experience of passenger airship take-off and landing operations at the Essen/Mulheim Airport with the most innovative and updated means next to a hangar build according to the latest principles of environment and sustainability! We would like to thank ZLT Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik GmbH & Co. KG and its CEO Eckhard Breuer for their hospitality and cooperation in organizing this event. Cooperation and communication is key to push Lighter-Than-Air technology to its limits in the hopes of achieving a more sustainable and conscious future in the aviation world. Thanks to…
International Conference on Electric Airships and Transport, Surveillance, Telecom and Tourism
Breaking news: 28 and 29 September 2023- International Conference on Electric Airships and Transport, Surveillance, Telecom and Tourism- IMIEU will organise an International Seminar on Electric Airships in Nuerenberg, Germany, jointly with University of Erlangen, Frauenhofer Institute, Isopolar (Canada), and the University of Nuernberg. More news and registration can be found here soon. Write already these dates in your Agenda!!
Metallic Envelopes for LTA Technology: Interview with Tankers
We had the chance to interview Mickael Frotin, engineer at CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research) in France since 2008. Expert in the team of Nathalie Leborgne, he is experienced with particles in CERN and involved with calorimetry. He has worked at the astrophysics laboratory in Paris where he tried to find a flight solution for telescopes for many years. Here, the idea for founding Tankers evolved: “The major problem is that telescopes can currently not stay airborne for longer than six months. We therefore tried to find a solution for a material that could hold gas for longer. After having studied simulations for many materials, we finally hit upon the solution of a metallic envelope which gave very good results (ability to stay airborne for four to five years). Following upon this discovery, we found a solution to assemble the metallic envelope. Applying the new data, we determined…