a prototype electric airship that is currently being tested out of Moffett Field in Mountain View. The Pathfinder 1 is an experimental blimp built by LTA Research. It has 12 electric motors and is ...

The airship "floated silently" from its ... It took 10 years, fraught with "blood, sweat, and tears", to create Pathfinder 1, which its creator, LTA Research, hopes will "kickstart a new era ...

LTA, which got its start in 2016, is backed by Google co-founder Sergey Brin and on a mission to develop zero-carbon airships. At 400-feet in length, Pathfinder 1 has the potential to transport ...