Manned Cloud’s Cruise Airship
Rediscovering the marvel of traveling, experiencing contemplation

“ Manned Cloud is an alternative project around leisure and travelling in all its form, economic and experimental, still with the idea of lightness, human experience and life scenarios as the guiding principles. The spiral of Archimedes is the driving force of this airship in the form of a whale that glides through the air. Manned Cloud is a hotel with a capacity of 40 passengers and staffed with 15 persons, that on a 3-day cruise in 170 km/h permits man to explore the world without a trace : to re-experience travelling, timelessness and enhance the consciousness of the beauty of the world - and to experience spectacular and exotic places without being intrusive or exploitative. For me this project sums up a way of thinking that is the stake of tomorrow. ”
Jean-Marie Massaud on Manned Cloud

Paris/Champs de Mars (France) - Rome (Italy) : 8h45, 1 night
Paris (France) - Antananarivo (Madagascar) : 4 days

Technical characteristics
Capacity: 40 passengers + 15 crew members
Dimensions: L 210m x W 82m x H 52 m
First deck (500 m2) : Restaurant, lounge, library, fitness
Second deck (600 m2) : 20 rooms, terraces, spa, bar
Range : 5000 km / 72 h
Maximum speed: 170 km/h
Cruising speed: 130 km/h
As the scientific partner of the project, the ONERA (Office National d’Etudes et de Recherche Aérospatiale) have carried out the first system mission (initial scientific analysis; technical feasability) in 2007.