Flying Whales is a French aeronautic start-up. It develops an environmentally-friendly^{[citation needed]} airship, the LCA60T, designed to transport heavy loads, such as wood logs or specific gear like wind-turbine blades, without structure supports.[1]

This article is an orphan, as no other articles link to it. Please introduce links to this page from related articles; try the Find link tool for suggestions. (July 2022)

Flying Whales

Industry	Aerospace
Founded	20 September 2012
Founder	Sébastien Bougon
Headquarters	Suresnes , France
Revenue	416,700 euro (2019)
Website	fr.flying-whales.com

History

Founded in 2012 by Sébastien Bougon, this project was initially dedicated to wood exploitation in partnership with the French organization in charge of public forest management, the Office National des Forêts (ONF).

A first prototype is expected in 2023,[2] while a market launch of the first models is planned for 2025.[1]

The company receives financial support from several institutional players including, the French government with 29.5 million euros, the Canadian province of Quebec via Investment Quebec for 30 million dollars, and the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC)[1] which sells its own corporate equity (24.9%) to the others French shareholders of Flying Whales and the French banking group Oddo BHF in September 2021.[3]

The LCA60T

Conceived as a means of transport to open up certain regions inaccessible by road, the LCA60T could be sized as the largest aircraft in activity, with 200 meters long and 50 meters high, according to its CEO Sébastien Bougon.[2]

References

This French corporation or company article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

На других языках

[fr] Flying Whales