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We've already told you that the world's largest airship, called the Bullet 580, will depart on its maiden voyage later this year. Now, according to Inhabitat, the world's first solar-powered blimp is set to take flight over the English Channel as early as next week. The helium-filled Nephelios, which measures 72-feet long and 18-feet wide, is covered with a strip of semi-flexible solar cells. ...

Share Oh, the humanity! The world's largest airship, called the Bullet 580, is set to take off on its maiden voyage later this year -- and it will do Thomas Pynchon proud. The craft measures 235 feet long by 65 feet in diameter, and reaches an altitude of 20,000 feet. The bulbous blimp can be flown with or without a crew, carrying up to 2,000 pounds of cargo and/or passengers. But jumbo-jet it ...