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Berlin, Brand, CargoLifter AG has entered a new chapter in the history of its –
lighter-than-Air- technology: the CL 75 AC has been taken out of the hangar for
the first time. On the morning of October 12, 2001, at about 7:30, the 61-
meter-diameter balloon – floating at a height of about 15 meters – was pulled
by mobile cranes for one kilometer to the neighboring airfield where it was
anchored.
– today-s success is the first practical proof that we can move systems such as
the CL 75 AC and the planned CL 160 airship outside of the hangar as expected,-
says Dr. Carl von Gablenz, CEO of CargoLifter AG. – his has never happened
before in these dimensions. The largest aircraft in existence has been moved
outside of the hangar for the first time – a genuine milestone in the practical
development of the CargoLifter technology.- Beginning in the 2002/2003 financial
year, the CL 75 AC will be ready to commercially transport loads weighing up to
75 tons. The logistics company will take in its first revenues – even before
completion of its main product, the CargoLifter CL 160 transportation airship.
After tests of the ballast exchange procedure were successfully carried out last
week, the CL 75 AC – fitted with all technical systems – left the hangar
exactly as predicted in computer simulations. After this first outdoor trial,
the transportation balloon was pulled back inside the hangar.
In the coming weeks the CL 75 AC will be subjected to further testing outdoors –
on its behavior in the open air as well as on the functionality of the ballast
exchange procedure. This will provide valuable data which will be used in
production of the CargoLifter CL 160. Glenn Beach, CL 75 AC project manager and
Vice President of the US subsidiary CargoLifter, Inc., in Raleigh, North
Carolina spoke about the results obtained and those that can be expected: – he
exceptionally stable behavior of the CL 75 AC outside of the hangar is a
confirmation for further development of our – lighter-than-Air- transportation
aircraft and for its practical operation. Many elements of the technical
equipment that we-re currently testing with the CL 75 AC already correspond to
the systems that will be used on the CL 160. Successfully taking the balloon out
of the hangar is a great step towards the realization of our – lighter-than-
Air- technology.-
end of message, (c)DGAP 12.10.2001
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