“The huge airship will initially be attached to a mobile mast for outdoor ground testing, before conducting about 25 low-level flights, for a total of 50 hours’ flight time.”
Sergey Brin founded LTA Research in 2015. Eight years later the 124-meter Pathfinder 1 is cleared to fly inside the Moffett Field and Palo Alto airspace, no higher than 460 meters. The humanitarian cargo pitch runs on two 150-kilowatt diesel generators, with hydrogen promised for later versions. The largest aircraft since the Hindenburg starts its career doing laps over the South Bay.