B - Operations – Transporting – 64 – B
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
64
B
B64B 1/62 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2696353
An airship comprising a hull configured to be inflated with a first gas, a ballonet in the hull, the ballonet configured to be inflated with a second gas that is heavier than the first gas; a fan configured to draw the second gas into the ballonet; an inflatable landing system; a duct configured in the ballonet to allow access to components in the airship, and a valve coupled to the ballonet. The valve provides a pathway for air to flow between the ballonet and a plenum chamber, the plenum chamber is formed by the airship, a landing surface, and the inflatable landing system when the inflatable landing system is in contact with the landing surface.
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Smart & Biggar
LandOfFree
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