The feds might have a problem with this

[F9DXER]

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/29/amaz...line|story&par=yahoo&doc=104191152&yptr=yahoo

 

[gne in prog]

"The U.S. e-commerce giant described plans for an "airborne fulfillment center" (AFC) such as an airship or blimp that would float at an altitude of around 45,000. The airship will be stocked with lots of products."

"Amazon's filing reveals several uses for the warehouse blimp. One example is at a football match where customers may want certain items such as food or merchandise. Ahead of the game, the AFC could stock up on items and deploy these during the game with drones when they are ordered. The airship could also be used as a giant advertising board, allowing customers to order the items on display. All of these can be ordered "within minutes"."


A "giant advertising board" at 45,000'. Should work as well as the rest of the concept.

 

[ShyFlyer]

Sounds like something one would read in The Onion.

 

[Roger Roger]

It's only logical that they'd want to commercialize the helicarrier Bezosebub is building to take over the world.

 

[Cptnchia]

Aeon would just crash it.

 

[BEEF SUPREME]

The future is going to be awesome. My instant gratification needs will finally be met.

HUZZAH!

 

[Roger Roger]

The whole thing (floating warehouse and drones) will be run by an AI. Since it's in the sky, and since its running a whole network of machines they'll call it SkyNet.

 

[KSCessnaDriver]

Yes, just what is needed. More money poured into pie in the sky airship ideas that the physics don't work on.

 

[mshunter]

Reports of space aliens and space ships are going to go up.

 

[Low&Slow]

The Feds will put a TFR around, above, and below it.

 

[Cazadores]

Yes, just what is needed. More money poured into pie in the sky airship ideas that the physics don't work on.

Physics isn't for everybody.

 

[Apophis]

Yes, just what is needed. More money poured into pie in the sky airship ideas that the physics don't work on.

Preach it man. I feel like only those of us who have been inside the horrible world that is airships can understand how unfeasible they truly are.

Go ahead and try it though, Bezos. Maybe you'll enjoy losing a poop-ton of money like every other modern airship operator has done.

 

[NickH]

'Amazon looks to capture positive media attention in case anyone actually notices their airline problems'.

 

[Mike Wise]

Pretty cool idea!

 

[Cptnchia]

Yes, just what is needed. More money poured into pie in the sky airship ideas that the physics don't work on.

"What could possibly go wrong?"

 

[mshunter]

"What could possibly go wrong?"

I feel like there should be a "OOOHHhhh THE HUGE MANATEE!" meme here.

 

[av8tr1]

Preach it man. I feel like only those of us who have been inside the horrible world that is airships can understand how unfeasible they truly are.

Go ahead and try it though, Bezos. Maybe you'll enjoy losing a poop-ton of money like every other modern airship operator has done.

What did you think of the Aeros and Lockmart cargo hybrid blimp idea?

https://www.hybridairvehicles.com/

http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/products/HybridAirship.html

http://aeroscraft.com/

Excluding the jokes about how you crash a blimp on a low speed low altitude test flight into a telephone pole........

 

[ozziecat35]

"What could possibly go wrong?"

"Hello,airplanes? 1930's here, you win!"

 

[Apophis]

What did you think of the Aeros and Lockmart cargo hybrid blimp idea?

https://www.hybridairvehicles.com/

http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/products/HybridAirship.html

http://aeroscraft.com/

Excluding the jokes about how you crash a blimp on a low speed low altitude test flight into a telephone pole........

They are all terrible, unfeasible ideas. There was a hybrid airship project going on when I was still flying blimps called the "LEMV". Was supposed to be a huge heavy-lift hybrid airship like the one in the link.

It flew one or two times and they pulled the plug. Huge money-pit, it never performed anything close to specification and I haven't heard anything about it since then.

How exactly does Bezos plan to maintain these aerial warehouses? Does he know how expensive helium is, especially in the quantities necessary to operate a fleet of these things? Does he know how much it costs to maintain an airship, and how susceptible they are to weather (especially icing and thunderstorms/high winds)?

Part of me hopes they try this far fetched idea so I can sit back with my popcorn and watch the whole thing fail miserably.....just like every other heavy lift airship project relegated to the dustbin of history.

I'll say it again; there's a reason airships haven't been relevant in decades.

 

[KSCessnaDriver]

They are all terrible, unfeasible ideas. There was a hybrid airship project going on when I was still flying blimps called the "LEMV". Was supposed to be a huge heavy-lift hybrid airship like the one in the link.

It flew one or two times and they pulled the plug. Huge money-pit, it never performed anything close to specification and I haven't heard anything about it since then.

How exactly does Bezos plan to maintain these aerial warehouses? Does he know how expensive helium is, especially in the quantities necessary to operate a fleet of these things? Does he know how much it costs to maintain an airship, and how susceptible they are to weather (especially icing and thunderstorms/high winds)?

Part of me hopes they try this far fetched idea so I can sit back with my popcorn and watch the whole thing fail miserably.....just like every other heavy lift airship project relegated to the dustbin of history.

I'll say it again; there's a reason airships haven't been relevant in decades.

The Hybrid Air Vehicles is the just LEMV moved to England where they can milk more money. The Lockheed one had involvement from the American Blimp Corporation, which you know how that will turn out...