Title: PERSONAL BLIMP
Headings: Personal Blimp
Frequently Asked
Questions

Personal Blimp
Frequently Asked
Questions
Are you flying yet?
How long have you been working on this project?
Can I buy one?
Can I buy a ride in your blimp?
Can I invest in your company?
Is your aircraft just for recreation or can it do other things?
Do I need to be a pilot to fly it?
Is an airship rating required?
The pictures of your aircraft show conventional (loud) hot air balloon burners and a noisy gas engine. What's with this talk about serene flight?
How much will it cost?
Other people sell cheaper hot air blimps. Why shouldn't I buy one of theirs?
How high can it fly?
How fast does it go?
Is 12 MPH as fast as this thing is ever going to go?
Why do you use hot air?
Blimp? Airship? Dirigible? Balloon? Zeppelin? What's the difference?
Why did you name it Alberto?
Is it safe? Don't blimps explode?
Wasn't there some guy who once flew by tying a bunch of balloons to a lawn chair?

Content: There are many applications for this type of aircraft other than recreation. With its superior low-speed control, it is perfect for such things as eco-tourism and forest canopy research. It is also an excellent photo/movie platform. Its smooth ride also makes it well suited for precision low-altitude airborne sensing applications. Diamond prospectors and land mine clearing operations have already had some success using helium blimps for this type of sensing. Because hot air is much cheaper to use than helium (Our aircraft cost about one tenth as much to build and operate as a standard helium blimp.) we can meet these needs very profitably as well as entering more traditional blimp venues such as advertising. Do I need to be a pilot to fly it? Yes, you'll need to be trained as a pilot. We suggest that one should have ratings as both an airplane pilot and as a hot air balloon pilot in order to fly this aircraft.