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Originally posted by Little Miss Spurs:
Airships? Confused Heard something in the sky this afternoon and thought for one second it was an airship. Of course it wasnt! Remember being about 5 in the School playground the first time I saw one and I was absolutely terrified Laugh Grew to love seeing them, but have not seen one for years. Why? Frowner


they scrapped them after the hindenburg disaster i think.
ContessaQ
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Originally posted by Sarum:
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Originally posted by charmer:
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Originally posted by Sarum:
I have a radio control airship which I fly around my living room when I'm bored... Ninja

are you in it?
if you are thats one hell of a f*ckin big living room Eeker


Razzer
You should see the size of my bathroom...I'm renting it out for the 2012 Olympics Laugh

Laugh
charmer
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Originally posted by ContessaQ:
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Originally posted by Little Miss Spurs:
Airships? Confused Heard something in the sky this afternoon and thought for one second it was an airship. Of course it wasnt! Remember being about 5 in the School playground the first time I saw one and I was absolutely terrified Laugh Grew to love seeing them, but have not seen one for years. Why? Frowner


they scrapped them after the hindenburg disaster i think.


No, I saw one recently, well I say recently it was in the last 5 years.
Cinds
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Originally posted by ContessaQ:
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Originally posted by Little Miss Spurs:
Airships? Confused Heard something in the sky this afternoon and thought for one second it was an airship. Of course it wasnt! Remember being about 5 in the School playground the first time I saw one and I was absolutely terrified Laugh Grew to love seeing them, but have not seen one for years. Why? Frowner


they scrapped them after the hindenburg disaster i think.
Laugh

We still get the Goodyear one flying around and theres a Stella one too!
Croctacus
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Originally posted by FGG Aka Crocodile Rock:
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Originally posted by ContessaQ:
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Originally posted by Little Miss Spurs:
Airships? Confused Heard something in the sky this afternoon and thought for one second it was an airship. Of course it wasnt! Remember being about 5 in the School playground the first time I saw one and I was absolutely terrified Laugh Grew to love seeing them, but have not seen one for years. Why? Frowner


they scrapped them after the hindenburg disaster i think.
Laugh

We still get the Goodyear one flying around and theres a Stella one too!


i mean the big passenger ones that used to fly to the usa.
ContessaQ
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Originally posted by ContessaQ:
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Originally posted by Little Miss Spurs:
Airships? Confused Heard something in the sky this afternoon and thought for one second it was an airship. Of course it wasnt! Remember being about 5 in the School playground the first time I saw one and I was absolutely terrified Laugh Grew to love seeing them, but have not seen one for years. Why? Frowner


they scrapped them after the hindenburg disaster i think.

maybe the ones that carry passengers-but you still get the 'AD' ones-you know, for kwik fit and stuff
they're just big balloons really-Oh! i think i may have found a job for sophie when she gets out Thumbs Up
charmer
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Originally posted by Cinds:
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Originally posted by ContessaQ:
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Originally posted by Little Miss Spurs:
Airships? Confused Heard something in the sky this afternoon and thought for one second it was an airship. Of course it wasnt! Remember being about 5 in the School playground the first time I saw one and I was absolutely terrified Laugh Grew to love seeing them, but have not seen one for years. Why? Frowner


they scrapped them after the hindenburg disaster i think.


No, I saw one recently, well I say recently it was in the last 5 years.
They use them for commercial advertising but not for passengers since the Hindenburg disaster.

Think 'Good Year blimp' Big Grin
Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing
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Originally posted by ContessaQ:


they scrapped them after the hindenburg disaster i think.


They're still about...The Zeppelin company was still manufacturing them in the 1990s, and there's an American company (Airship Ventures) which operates airship tours around San Francisco.
They weren't viable as commercial transport when compared to aeroplanes, because they're slow, they need a huge open space to land in, and they're very susceptible to wind.

Sarum
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Originally posted by Sarum:
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Originally posted by ContessaQ:


they scrapped them after the hindenburg disaster i think.


They're still about...The Zeppelin company was still manufacturing them in the 1990s, and there's an American company (Airship Ventures) which operates airship tours around San Francisco.
They weren't viable as commercial transport when compared to aeroplanes, because they're slow, they need a huge open space to land in, and they're very susceptible to wind.


You could be describing me there!
Croctacus
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Originally posted by Cinds:
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Originally posted by ContessaQ:
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Originally posted by Little Miss Spurs:
Airships? Confused Heard something in the sky this afternoon and thought for one second it was an airship. Of course it wasnt! Remember being about 5 in the School playground the first time I saw one and I was absolutely terrified Laugh Grew to love seeing them, but have not seen one for years. Why? Frowner


they scrapped them after the hindenburg disaster i think.


No, I saw one recently, well I say recently it was in the last 5 years.
Really! Eeker Then I am beind deprived it seems! Frowner Laugh
Little Miss Spurs
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Originally posted by Little Miss Spurs:
Airships? Confused Heard something in the sky this afternoon and thought for one second it was an airship. Of course it wasnt! Remember being about 5 in the School playground the first time I saw one and I was absolutely terrified Laugh Grew to love seeing them, but have not seen one for years. Why? Frowner


They still have them at the Balloon Festival nr Bristol each year. I had the choice of going up in an airship or a balloon; chose the airship - it was stomach churning.
Cosmopolitan
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Originally posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:
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Originally posted by Little Miss Spurs:
Airships? Confused Heard something in the sky this afternoon and thought for one second it was an airship. Of course it wasnt! Remember being about 5 in the School playground the first time I saw one and I was absolutely terrified Laugh Grew to love seeing them, but have not seen one for years. Why? Frowner


They still have them at the Balloon Festival nr Bristol each year. I had the choice of going up in an airship or a balloon; chose the airship - it was stomach churning.
ooh, might have to go one year, just to get my fix! Big Grin
Little Miss Spurs
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Originally posted by charmer:
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Originally posted by charmer:
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Originally posted by ContessaQ:
this is original footage of the disaster... may disturb some viewers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...GA_U&feature=related


ta CQ
but i think most of us are disturbed already Big Grin

and while im here and youre a goa sorry-in goa Big Grin
could you PM me an authentic goa'n really nice fish curry recipe please?
i'd be grateful
thanks


yucky Sick i hate goan fish curry but there is one on this site and loads of other goan recipes
http://www.goacom.com/cuisine/recipes/
ContessaQ
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Originally posted by Little Miss Spurs:
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Originally posted by ContessaQ:
this is original footage of the disaster... may disturb some viewers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...GA_U&feature=related
OMG Eeker That is truly shocking Frowner



yeah it was.

ps
that was the type of airship i thought you were refering to( massive things, about the size of 4 football pitches) then i realised that you wouldn't have seen them whilst you were at school coz that crash was 1937 and that would make you around 80 years old Laugh
ContessaQ
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Originally posted by ContessaQ:
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Originally posted by Little Miss Spurs:
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Originally posted by ContessaQ:
this is original footage of the disaster... may disturb some viewers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...GA_U&feature=related
OMG Eeker That is truly shocking Frowner



yeah it was.

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that was the type of airship i thought you were refering to( massive things, about the size of 4 football pitches) then i realised that you wouldn't have seen them whilst you were at school coz that crash was 1937 and that would make you around 80 years old Laugh
Laugh That would be practically double my age! Laugh The airships I was talking of were like the pic you posted, with the little bit underneath where people sat Big Grin Im sure none of my kids have ever seen one, and my eldest is 18! Theyve only ever seen the large "balloon" ones, that are sometimes strung over shops,or events, etc advertising companies,not the real ones! Frowner
Little Miss Spurs

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