Airship

An improved airship comprising:

• a linear straight tubular shaped fuselage, said fuselage having an inner air passageway axially extending therethrough tapering inwardly from the furthest circumferential peripheral exterior edges of said fuselage fore, toward the interior mid region of said airship like a funnel, forming an air inlet opening in said fuselage fore, connecting to said inner air passageway extending downstream continuing to airship aft tapering outwardly like a funnel to the furthest circumferential peripheral exterior edges of said fuselage aft forming an air outlet opening in aft of said fuselage, said straight tubular shaped fuselage having horizontal and vertical winged control surfaces, and having a means for reducing air displacement, forward air resistance, rearward drag and improved fuel economy speed, maneuverability, high wind gust, and adverse weather capability;
• a means for directing airflow into and out of said airship to the circumferential peripheral regions of said air inlet and outlet openings, out of and into said inner air passageway extending through said fuselage, said means for directing airflow comprising a plurality of air deflector cones axially affixed centrally positioned substantially inside and extending from said air inlet and outlet openings in fore and aft in said fuselage;
• a means for controlling direction, pitch, roll & yaw, and further means for directing air flow into and out of said airship, said means for controlling direction, pitch, roll & yaw, and directing air flow into and out of said airship, comprising a plurality of bifurcated active and non active hingably rotatably connected winged control surfaces located at the front and rear of said air inlet and outlet inner air way openings, said winged control surfaces being positioned horizontally and vertically across said inner air way openings, said active control surfaces being rotatably hingably attached to said non active control surfaces, and a plurality of actuators attached between said air intake funnel and air outlet funnel and deflector cone sections of said fuselage to said control surfaces to operably rotatably actuate said hinged active control surfaces respective to said non active control surfaces, thereby actuably controlling direction of air flow into said air inlet opening and out of said air outlet opening;
• a means for containing a plurality of lighter than air gas cells, said means comprising a plurality of containers, said containers comprising said fuselage, fore and aft air deflector cones;
• a means of providing lift and atmospheric buoyancy said means provided by a plurality of resilient lighter than air gas bag cells, said gas cells being filled preferably with helium or hydrogen gas;
• a further means for providing lift comprises said fore and aft horizontal wing control surfaces, by rotatably positioning said active wing control surface relative to incoming and out flowing air so as to effect high and low air pressure areas respectively above and below said fore and aft horizontal wing control surfaces;
• a means for propelling said airship located within said inner air passageway;
• a means for thermal protection shielding from jet engine exhaust said means shielding interior of said inner air passageway around and aft of:
• engine, said aft air deflector cone, said aft inner air way outlet funnel, and said winged control surfaces;
• a means for containing operational equipment & payload bays, said means comprising space located preferably inside lower portion of said fuselage;
• a means for reduced radar reflection said means comprising said tubular shaped fuselage said tubular fuselage radial surface reflectively defusing radar waves away from radar receivers;
• a means for propulsive control in space, air atmosphere, and transition to and from thereof, said means comprising a main rocket thrust nozzle axially centrally positioned in aft of said aft air deflector cone;
• a means for controlling direction, pitch, roll & yaw in space, air atmosphere, and transition to and from thereof, said means comprising a plurality of rocket thrust nozzles positioned fore, aft, top, bottom, left, and right of said fuselage exterior;
• a means for further reduced radar cross section said means provided by polyagonal tubular fuselage embodiments flat surfaces reflectively defusing radar waves away from the radar receiver;