CRUISE INDUSTRY MAY GET A LIFT FROM 'AEROSCRAFT'  

TARZANA, Calif. 

By Brook Fischer (Wireless Flash) --

There may soon be a new cruise liner on the market, but with one major difference -- This one flies.

The proposed 850-foot-long luxury liner is called Aeroscraft, and although it looks like a blimp and uses some blimp technology, Aeros company spokesman Edward Pevzner is quick to point out, "It's NOT a blimp." The Aeroscraft uses lifting gas like an airship, but incorporates dynamic liftoff similar to an airplane and is capable of vertical takeoff and landing like a helicopter.  

A smaller prototype should be ready in the next 18 months and Pevzner speculates the behemoth cruise liner -- complete with staterooms, restaurants, shops, etc. -- will be done by 2010. Pevzner insists the structure is very sturdy. He says shooting arrows at the Aeroscraft "is not going to do anything," and that it would take something like a missile to damage it.

For those having Hindenburg flashbacks, Pevzner explains, "Again, it's not a blimp. The gas they used for the [Hindenburg] blimp was hydrogen. The gas we use is helium, which is essentially a fire extinguisher."

      About Aeros:

Aeros is the world's leading lighter-than-air, FAA-certified aircraft manufacturing company.  The company's operations involve the research, development, production, operation and marketing of a complete family of Aeros-branded air vehicles used in government and commercial applications. These include non-rigid FAA Type Certified Aeros 40D Sky Dragon Airships, Advanced Tethered Aerostatic Systems and New Type Rigid Air Vehicle - Aeroscraft.  

Contact:
Edward Pevzner
Business Development Manager
Tel. 818 344-3999 x 106
Edward@AerosML.com


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