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Re: Giant Airship at Cardington

Posted: 02 Mar 2014, 18:58
by cstorey
I'm not sure why they get so excited about its length - it is a tiddler compared with the R101 and indeed the R100, both of which from memory were in the region of 700 feet long . It is also extremely ugly ; again, the airships of old had an elegance about them even if they were extremely dangerous

Re: Giant Airship at Cardington

Posted: 02 Mar 2014, 19:04
by Garry Russell
Indeed...in those days they were the size of liners...hence the shed

Re: Giant Airship at Cardington

Posted: 02 Mar 2014, 19:46
by Garry Russell
Just thinking..yeah I know, unbelievable eh!! :dunno:

This may be the biggest of it's kind as it's a derigable.

The earlier huge 'ships' were frame construction containing seperate bags.

Re: Giant Airship at Cardington

Posted: 03 Mar 2014, 07:58
by Dev One
I thought dirigible (from the French to steer) meant Navigable. If the object was frameless then it was a Blimp - from the Colonel character I believe.
Keith