Patent ID: 6877693

Claim:
A craft using lighter-than-air gas to transport by air material and passengers, which comprises a framework enclosing in the upper part of its structure, balloons inflated with a lighter-than-air gas and held by cables hooked to the framework which they grip and pull away from the gravitional force; a cabin with bulletproof windows for the pilot and passengers set on the base of the framework; a mini power station which supplies electricity to the equipments and accessories of the craft; propellents placed inside long tubular passages for concentrated air thrust, used to lift the neutralized mass of the craft and to move it in the air space; a compressor system which injects in the balloons or retrieves from the balloons a calculated quantity of lighter-than-air gas stored in a slightly pressurized tank according to the total mass of the craft to be neutralized or to partially restore; a stabilizer system to eliminate rolls and sways and a protection system consisting of balloons inflated with lighter-than-air gas, molded over the total exteror surface of the framework, and, a cover covering all the framework made of a fabric resistant to tears and small projectiles—excluding the passenger compartment.