Dr. Barry Prentice - The Airship; Presented by Manitobaville, The Podcast

Manitobaville, The Podcast

Founder of Buoyant Aircraft Systems International (BASI) as the first airship research centre in Canada!

Winner (2018) of the CanInfra Challenge People’s Choice, Award, for his “Electric Airship Transportation System” proposal, Dr. Barry Prentice, PhD, has published over 20 papers on various aspects of airship market applications and economics. Professor Prentice is professor of Transportation Economics at the University of Manitoba.

Topics Covered:

• The role of Airships in connecting Northern Communities
• The viability of budgets
• Gov’t participation
• Easing current transportation routes
• What makes Airships work

This interview first aired February 8, 2021.

You can learn more about Dr. Prentice and Buoyant Aircraft Systems International here.

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