Airship at Cardington
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Airship at Cardington
Driving to Bedford today saw a white shape floating on the horizon - given the lack of burning buildings and people fleeing in terror assumed it wasn't Martians and thought a drive round to Cardington might be in order.
Good job I did - nice to see a real life airship bumbling around those massive airship sheds!
Good job I did - nice to see a real life airship bumbling around those massive airship sheds!
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Thanks DB,
Now that's a warming, welcome and unexpected sight.
A good thing to show some life from those amazing sheds. And good too to remind us that gas in aviation doen't need to get shoved out the back end at high speed to aviate ~ there's a more stylish way of doing it.
Any news who what why? I presume it's an (the?) Airship 500.
Book it for S'worth Airbedane!
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Now that's a warming, welcome and unexpected sight.
A good thing to show some life from those amazing sheds. And good too to remind us that gas in aviation doen't need to get shoved out the back end at high speed to aviate ~ there's a more stylish way of doing it.
Any news who what why? I presume it's an (the?) Airship 500.
Book it for S'worth Airbedane!
Cheers
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It's an ATG AT10 apparently - has been test flying for around two years but still not signed off by the CAA yet as far as I know.
Judging from what I saw today they've got the taking off, flying a circuit and landing bits practiced sufficiently!
Judging from what I saw today they've got the taking off, flying a circuit and landing bits practiced sufficiently!
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Living in Tempsford and formerly Shefford I have seen the airships flying over very rarely in the last few years. When I was growing up I saw them almost daily and sort of assumed that everyone had daily overflights of Skyship 500 type airships.
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Another two to illustrate astir 8's point!
In the first one the airship is a little in the distance so it isn't actually as small as it appears in that shot - if it were right next to the doors and resting on the ground the top of the airship would be around level with the slotted horizontal girders (just a bit higher than the raised entry barrier on the extreme left).
In the first one the airship is a little in the distance so it isn't actually as small as it appears in that shot - if it were right next to the doors and resting on the ground the top of the airship would be around level with the slotted horizontal girders (just a bit higher than the raised entry barrier on the extreme left).
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So how's it different to a Skyship? At a glance, and relying on my memory, it looks very similar. But then so do most modern jets, modern cars, TV stars... bah...
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ATG (run by Roger Munk who was behind the Skyships) has been in residence at Cardington for several years now. The airship that you saw was G-OATG an AT-10. ATG also have some wonderful plans for cargo airships and for unmanned stratospheric communications platforms. Have a look at their web site: /http://www.atg-airship.com/
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Paint.
As listed buildings of national historic importance (or whatever the phrase is) the owners are obliged to keep them in good repair. Arent they?
Secondly, is anyone aware of Cardington's use in photo shoots?
The modern beat combo 'Propellerheads' have used the sheds as backdrops for the sleeve notes for 'Decksanddrumsandricknroll'. Any other offers?
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As listed buildings of national historic importance (or whatever the phrase is) the owners are obliged to keep them in good repair. Arent they?
Secondly, is anyone aware of Cardington's use in photo shoots?
The modern beat combo 'Propellerheads' have used the sheds as backdrops for the sleeve notes for 'Decksanddrumsandricknroll'. Any other offers?
Cheers
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Pretty sure that the first Austin Powers movie had a scene inside on the sheds - where he's getting his Shaguar.
Aerial view early last August (thanks to Hairyplane for the really big stepladder):
Aerial view early last August (thanks to Hairyplane for the really big stepladder):
