Lockheed-Martin "Skunk Works" P791 LTA ACLS dynmicpara

Breaking News! U.S. Army LEMV Program wants 21-day endurance, 20K Altitude Hybrid LTA for AFPAK:

https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=8a9576adda671991...

The first known way (that at least establishment caveman-to-spaceman mythology historians accept) for men to fly was by Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) aircraft. Today's Lockheed-Martin "Skunk Works" P-791 LTA hybrid heavy lifter with an air-cushion landing system (ACLS) to firmly connect the airship to the ground in suction mode is a good contrast for the LTA balloon attack envisioned during the 1800s by Benjamin Franklin and Napoleon.

http://www.combatreform.org/aircraftphotos.htm

LTA hot air ballons probably were used by even primitive ancient peoples. The U.S. Army used observation balloons in the Civil War saving us from disaster to ward off Confederate counter-attacks that incompetent General McClellan who dithered about invited. Most know about WW1 observation balloons but not that the Japanese used observation balloons to direct artillery fire to compel the British to surrender at Singapore in WW2. High technology M113 Gavins should have a small balloon unreel with a fiber-optic link to a videocamera to have a "see over the next hill" capability instead of launching model airplanes (fixed-wing UAVs) that will crash and be lost. Hyperblimps that are see-thru look like a better option to fly ahead for closer investigations. Leonardo Da Vinci may have also discovered heated air LTA and probably flew the first gliders by men in the post-ancient era judging from his mysterious art work showing scenes only perceptable from the air and his strange health problems we suspect received from glider crashes. Da Vinci destroyed most of his books pertaining to military inventions so one has to wonder what he was actually able to do.

http://www.reocities.com/usarmyaviationdigest/airborneaircraftcarriers.htm

LTA is making a big comeback since America's military needs to move anywhere across the globe and deliver tracked AFVs like M113 Gavin to then dominate a fight. Agile see-thru blimps that can remain undetected are also needed to provide 24/7/365 continuous overhead presence to smother insurgencies in sub-national conflicts--particularly securing border fences and denying land mine layers access to roads:

http://www.combatreform.org/johnpaulvann.htm

Agile Clear HyperBlimp Model shows Sky Camouflage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kl3ofWXBP8

LTA is desperately needed to fix America's Navy surface ship vulnerability against air, missile and submarine attacks:

http://www.reocities.com/usarmyaviationdigest/airborneaircraftcarriers.htm

Lockheed-Martin's P-971 looks like an ideal candidate for such missions and should be of a see-thru material so as to be invisible to the naked eye. Even USAF officers are in favor of LTA:

Air Force Journal of Logistics Volume XXIX, Number 3/4 File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat -

http://www.aflma.hq.af.mil/lgj/06_Hist_Back_to_Future_Airships.pdf

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[neverfearchrisishere]

The obvious problem with it in a military setting is that it LOOKS like an easier target than a transport plane - so more people will shoot at it.

[dynmicpara]

@neverfearchrisishere The OBVIOUS reality if you read the details is that the LTA will fly ABOVE visual detection and small-arms fire range and not be "seen" to be "hit" in the first place.

[preteenpanties]

It's just a big fuckin' weather balloon...goddammit!

[dynmicpara]

FUNCTION matters, looks don't. Watch Video Response /watch?v=oqmqgL59sXk

[dynmicpara]

You guessed wrong. Serious people doing serious research; you should look into the concept some time.

[tackN2Wind]

Y I K E ss..!! It's my ex-wife !!

[sgugy1]

I'm just a kid and I know 10 spy planes and I only herd of them last year when i seen the sr71 blackbird in real life

[noahspurrier]

@DAVET0NE I was going to say the same thing! I think Henry Mancini's "Baby Elephant Walk" is more fitting.

This aircraft appears to have a problem with unintended Dutch Roll, which may not be a problem given its requirements, but it's probably not much fun to ride in.

[camberedaerofoil]

I like these vehicles, there is some serious potential in hybrid lift technologies.

[dynmicpara]

@equitably No connection to the program; I'm a professional who wants PROGRESS in military methodology.

[the81stviewer]

It's nice technology, though obviously needs streamlining for safety, functionality, and cost.

[JustaEropeanGuy]

@katey1dog erm... private company

[TheTimeshift3r]

wtf

[DAVET0NE]

lol the music does not fit this aircraft