article_snippet: Part blimp, part plane, part helicopter,
article_snippet: Thanks to this recent injection of financing, designers and engineers are now readying the craft for first flight tests scheduled for later this year.
article_snippet: We solved all those problems with a new concept -- a hybrid aircraft.
article_snippet: So a mix between a wing and an airship.
article_snippet: But the aviation expert is also cautiously optimistic about the future of "The Airlander.
article_snippet: Until then, keep your eyes fixed to the horizon, where you might just see the future of aviation re-emerge through the clouds.