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Old 25th February 2025 | 12:52
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BonnieLass
 
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Having watched Airlander fly, she is an extremely graceful and stable craft.....apart from her slight altercation with the ground once.

Airship travel...like the flying boats...has an elegance about it. The biggest issue with them back in the early days was the use of hydrogen which didn't take a lot for it to go bang, such as the Hindenburg at Lakehurst.

It would be wonderful to see Cardington getting back into airship construction again with Airlander. But I suspect the only reincarnation to happen in the aviation world is the much heralded Airbus A380NEO, a far stronger probability than Airlander which will likely end up like the Spruce Goose, Princess and other great ideas that didn't happen.
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