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Don Hartsell: World Air League | A Race Around the World! | Airship Cargo Transport | Ep 17 Transcript

  • Writer: Conservation Connection
    Conservation Connection
  • Jan 14, 2020
  • 1 min read

Updated: May 16, 2024

Don Hartsell, the first commissioner of the World Air League and a member of The Explorer's Club, is promoting energy efficient cargo transportation by organizing a world first: an airship race around the globe! Harkening back to the days of new frontiers and untested technology, the World Air League is organizing an eighteen-leg circumnavigation race where the vessels competing are lighter-than-air crafts that float across the sky with minimal energy consumption. This is the first time in human history that an airship race has sought to circle the globe, and the organizers are hoping to use it to bring attention to possible solutions that greatly reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with cargo transportation! With an incredible story to tell and the passion to tell it, Don Hartsell will have you wondering why airship cargo transport isn't commonplace today.


A blimp is one example of a floating vessel that can be used for airship cargo transport.

 
 
 

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