Airships, solar planes and Soviet-era sea skimmers … here's how we fix air travel

Oct 15, 2019

The Soviets' ekranoplan is a potential low-carbon air travel option.

Designers looking for low-carbon alternatives to conventional aircraft are resurrecting ideas including the ekranoplan. Image: Sergey Rodovnichenko/Wikipedia

Jens Martin Skibsted

Partner, Manyone A/S

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A modern airship, the Zeppelin NT D-LZZF, in 2010. Image: AngMoKio/Wikipedia

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