The world's longest, largest aircraft incorporates an <a href="https://www.popsci.com/category/best-whats-new/"><strong>innovative shape</strong></a> to keep it aloft for days.
The world's longest, largest aircraft incorporates an innovative shape to keep it aloft for days. Courtesy Hybrid Air Vehicles
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The Airlander’s unique shape provides 40 percent of the vessel’s aerodynamic lift (the rest comes from helium)—enough to keep 10 tons of cargo and a full crew aloft for five days.

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