View Full Version : The Flying Bottom emerges into the daylight for the first time....
Phoenix1969
6th Aug 2016, 20:11
Airlander 10: Aircraft leaves hanger for first time - BBC News (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-36997711)
HEATHROW DIRECTOR
6th Aug 2016, 20:57
Imagine that going through busy airspace...
WIDN62
6th Aug 2016, 21:05
It must be an optical illusion - if it fits on a hanger it can't be that big.
treadigraph
6th Aug 2016, 23:02
more wrinkles than me... blimey!
parabellum
7th Aug 2016, 00:11
I think the hangars in the picture are the original airship hangars at Cardington? Would they be big enough or have they built a new one for this craft that is out of site in the pictures?
Level bust
7th Aug 2016, 08:04
It was in the airship hangars and it only needed half the hangar.
Airbanda
7th Aug 2016, 16:12
It was in the airship hangars and it only needed half the hangar.
It's only about a third the length of R100 or R101 though the 'double bubble' envelope may put it nearer to matching their width.
KelvinD
17th Aug 2016, 19:55
BBC just announced first flight today: Moment world's longest aircraft takes off - BBC News (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/headlines/37112292)
TURIN
18th Aug 2016, 10:40
WIDN62.
Don't worry. I got it even if no one else did.