Posted on 9/25/2018
Paris-based Hybrid Air Freighters (HAF) is teaming with Aurora, Oregon-based Columbia Helicopters to manage and operate a fleet of up to 12 Lockheed Martin LMH-1 heavy lift airships. Under the agreement, HAF will manage the aircraft while Columbia will operate them.
The LMH-1 is designed to carry oversized payloads up to 21 tons in a 10-by-10-by-60-foot cargo bay, cruise at speeds up to 60 knots, and have an unrefueled range of 1,404 nm. Conversely, it can carry up to 20 passengers.
HAF's LMH-1 features fly-by-wire flight controls, two-axis vectored thrust propulsion, and a tri-hull multiple-lobe, helium-filled design of woven ma...