Superyacht That Also Flies
Lazzarini Design's Air Yacht Source: Lazzarini Design Studio Breakthrough Sailing and Flying Technology Italy's prestigious Lazzarini Design Studio has created "Air Yacht". It's an enormous yacht that sails the seas and also "sails the skies" while flying. The superyacht is powered by electric engines, ultra-light batteries and solar cells. The sailing and flying technologies are breakthrough innovation. They include huge helium blimps for flying and inflatable air basements for sailing. Breakthrough Aviation and Yachting Technologies Air Yacht is equipped with two identical blimps filled with 400,000 cubic meters of helium. The helium gives lift to the zero emissions vessel's flights. The blimps are driven by 8 electric motors. Air Yacht can fly at 60 knots for more than 48 hours. T...