The enormous air ship which has become by magnificent flying hotel, transfers 250 rich passengers through continents and oceans. Onboard the ship-hotel in length in two football weeding there is all. Including restaurants and a casino. And it not a dirigible balloon. It Aeroscraft.

On the given project in January number has informed magazine Popular Science. As writes the edition, unlike ancestors, Aeroscraft it is heavier than air. Its 396 thousand cubic metre of helium lift only two thirds of weight — to fly up to the ship with a 400-ton payload six turbofan jet engines help.

Moving with a speed of 280 km/hours, a vessel can cross continental Staffs approximately for 18 hours, and in general — a range of action Aeroscraft about 10 thousand in km.

The sizes of the ship impress: height of 50 meters, width of 74 meters, length of 197 meters.
But also, that this air vessel is larger than any air liner, on the ground it is required to it of less place, than to any self-summer because Aeroscraft does not require a runway-landing: it flies up and lands as the helicopter. Including – on a snow or water.

The magazine writes, that Aeroscraft is at early stages of development of a pre-production model, but, predictably, the project will be finished by 2010 — some companies have expressed already the interest.

CH'e Aeroscraft a child who could be solved on such? The answer: our former compatriot Igor Pasternaka with which Californian firm we are a little familiar. Remember the project of an intercontinental dirigible balloon "Walrus" (Walrus) from agency of Pentagon DARPA?

We have told about it in August, 2004, and in September of 2005 have informed on selection of executors for the first phase of the project.

The choice then has surprised. Not only that near to such monster as Lockheed Martin there was to anybody a unknown company so it still and has received from DARPA more money, than the biggest in the world the military contractor.

It was a question just of Igor Pasternaka's Worldwide Aeros Corporation firm. Simply we did not know about it, while Los Angeles Times has not opened to us an eye.

The newspaper has named rivalry Lockheed Martin and Aeros modern " David and Goliath's version ". In September of this year one of corporations will receive already $100-million contract on construction of a pre-production model of "Walrus".

And if the prototype will be accepted by the Pentagon for the winner the prospect on all of $11 billion will open is manufacture of air courts Walrus (14-16 pieces) within 30 years. And the company 41-years Pasternaka has chances of such victory. How so it has turned out?

In Los Angeles Times it is written, that future founder Aeros grew in Lvov. In 1988 it has opened own company and has started to project the huge air ships for transportation of cargoes the remote oil deposits of Siberia.

Its firm was one of the first that have borrowed in aeronautics privately after Gorbachev's reorganization.

With disintegration of Soviet Union Pasternak has lost the acquired capitals and as it speaks, " in connection with growing anti-Semitism in the country " together with sem'ei and colleagues immigrated in the USA.

First, in 1992, the company has located in Delaware, and in October of 1993 has moved to California, in Tarzan's city (Tarzana) where is and until now.

Pasternaku it was possible to convince several investors, and Aeros has borrowed in manufacturing of dirigible balloons for use in the advertising purposes. Among its clients were MasterCard and the manufacturer sporttovarov Spalding.

In total in America Pasternak has constructed approximately 30 dirigible balloons on $3 million everyone. Today in the firm earning annually about $10 million, 40 employees work.

" Actually we do not feel, that Lockheed — our competitor, — speaks Pasternak. — there Should be a unique decision of a problem, we simply offer the ".

Similar, for Aeros it is not critical, it will win or will lose in competition of the Pentagon. Anyhow, the company will build advertising, cargo and passenger models of air courts. Flying hotel – one of such projects (by the way, about conceptual hotels, including — the hotel flying on a dirigible balloon, we told in this material).

By estimations Pasternaka, construction of hotel Aeroscraft will manage approximately in $46 million. 150-seater Boeing 737 costs as much, but its operation rises twice more dearly. " We suggest to look in a new fashion that it is possible to make in air ", — chapter Aeros speaks.