Boeing to Build ‘Blimpicopter’.
July 9, 2008 – 5:50 pmBoeing said it will team up SkyHook International to build an enormous blimp-like aircraft powered by four helicopter rotors that will be capable of hoisting very heavy objects. The helium-filled, 300ft Jess Heavy Lifter (JHL-40) is what Boeing calls the commercial heavy-lift rotorcraft that it says can safely carry payloads unmatched by today’s helicopters, Boeing said…