vendredi 25 septembre 2009

EasyJet's Newest Fleet Member debuts at La Défense

Neither a departing Boeing 737-700, nor the latest Airbus A319 delivered, and not a jetliner either, EasyJet's newest fleet member recorded its first official sortie to and from La Défense central plazza.
The newest fleet addition is in fact a tethered balloon flying high the airline's bright orange and white colors,
which completed its ferry flight on board this van, which in turn acted as EasyJet's La Défense crewbase and station.

11.00 am, Inflating begins. Air-filled cannisters come in as handy to do the job.

coming up with the cigar shaped fuselage

which is mated with the set of four tail fins

Basically complete.
Firmly morred to the ground by a set of flexible cables tied to a couple of blocks

Then came time to test mating the gondolla with the blimp

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