Cardington, Bedfordshire, UK. 4th April, 2017, The Airlander team announced...

Cardington, Bedfordshire, UK. 4th April, 2017, The Airlander team announced today two significant enhancements to the aircraft ahead of its imminent hangar exit and the resumption of its flight test programme.

An Auxiliary Landing System (ALS) has been added which allows the aircraft to land safely at a greater range of landing angles, and there is also a new Mobile Mooring Mast (MMM). The MMM is an integrated tracked vehicle and mooring mast, which makes it much easier to control and ”push back” the Airlander when manoeuvering it around the airfield.