{"id":259542,"date":"2010-02-01T00:51:52","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T05:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/the-necker-nymph-submarine\/14037\/"},"modified":"2010-02-01T00:51:52","modified_gmt":"2010-02-01T05:51:52","slug":"necker-nymph-underwater-flying-becomes-virgin-territory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/259542","title":{"rendered":"Necker Nymph: underwater flying becomes Virgin territory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/pictures\/hero\/necker-nymph-submersible.jpg\" alt=\"The Necker Nymph submersible\"><\/p>\n<p>It seems that Sir Richard Branson&#8217;s quest to conquer unexplored frontiers isn&#8217;t limited to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/virgin-galactic-commercial-space-race\/12154\/\" >space tourism<\/a>.The Virgin boss&#8217;s latest acquisition is a DeepFlight three-person aero submarine that &#8220;flies&#8221; through the briny deep using the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/1890\/\" >positive buoyancy system<\/a> developed by Graham Hawkes. Christened Necker Nymph, the flying sub will find a home on Branson&#8217;s 74 acre private island in the British Virgin Islands where it will launch from shore as well as operating from the luxury 105 foot catamaran Necker Belle &#8211; just add a quiet US&#36;25,000 to the weekly hire price tag&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/luxury\/\" rel=\"tag\">Luxury<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/marine\/\" rel=\"tag\">Marine<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/sir+richard+branson\/\" rel=\"tag\">Sir Richard Branson<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/space+tourism\/\" rel=\"tag\">Space Tourism<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/tourism\/\" rel=\"tag\">Tourism<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/underwater\/\" rel=\"tag\">Underwater<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Related Articles:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/virgin-galactic-mothership-debuts-airventure\/12367\/\">Virgin Galactic mothership debuts at AirVenture<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/spaceshiptwo-unveiled\/13536\/\">Virgin Galactic reveals SpaceshipTwo <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/2857\/\">Branson sets English Channel Crossing record in an Aquada<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/1890\/\">Deep Flight submarine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/spaceshiptwo-mothership-revealed\/9741\/\">SpaceShipTwo mothership revealed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/spaceshiptwo-virgin-galactic\/8753\/\">SpaceShipTwo heading for 2008 test flight<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Ew55bKW2tRvwfIkKesUS04Na9tM\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Ew55bKW2tRvwfIkKesUS04Na9tM\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Ew55bKW2tRvwfIkKesUS04Na9tM\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Ew55bKW2tRvwfIkKesUS04Na9tM\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=P7U0kV_88S4:g5t99XKmwO0:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=P7U0kV_88S4:g5t99XKmwO0:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=P7U0kV_88S4:g5t99XKmwO0:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=P7U0kV_88S4:g5t99XKmwO0:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=P7U0kV_88S4:g5t99XKmwO0:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=P7U0kV_88S4:g5t99XKmwO0:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=P7U0kV_88S4:g5t99XKmwO0:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine\/~4\/P7U0kV_88S4\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems that Sir Richard Branson&#8217;s quest to conquer unexplored frontiers isn&#8217;t limited to space tourism.The Virgin boss&#8217;s latest acquisition is a DeepFlight three-person aero submarine that &#8220;flies&#8221; through the briny deep using the positive buoyancy system developed by Graham Hawkes. 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