Airships? 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 Grew to love seeing them, but have not seen one for years. Why?
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Hello hun dont know what you are on about
I have a radio control airship which I fly around my living room when I'm bored...
It looks like this (only less wrinkly );
It looks like this (only less wrinkly );
quote:Originally posted by Sarum:
I have a radio control airship which I fly around my living room when I'm bored...
are you in it?
if you are thats one hell of a f*ckin big living room
Hiya PCE, Oh dear, think I am showing my age!!!! Thay were things in the sky I suppose sort of (ish) similar to hot air balloons?!quote:Originally posted by pretty~cocoa~eyes:
Hello hun dont know what you are on about
ooh, that looks bluddy brilliant (as Dave would say ) just like a real one!!quote:Originally posted by Sarum:
I have a radio control airship which I fly around my living room when I'm bored...
It looks like this (only less wrinkly );
quote:Originally posted by Little Miss Spurs:
Airships? 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 Grew to love seeing them, but have not seen one for years. Why?
they scrapped them after the hindenburg disaster i think.
quote:Originally posted by charmer:quote:Originally posted by Sarum:
I have a radio control airship which I fly around my living room when I'm bored...
are you in it?
if you are thats one hell of a f*ckin big living room
You should see the size of my bathroom...I'm renting it out for the 2012 Olympics
quote:Originally posted by Sarum:quote:Originally posted by charmer:quote:Originally posted by Sarum:
I have a radio control airship which I fly around my living room when I'm bored...
are you in it?
if you are thats one hell of a f*ckin big living room
You should see the size of my bathroom...I'm renting it out for the 2012 Olympics
quote:Originally posted by ContessaQ:quote:Originally posted by Little Miss Spurs:
Airships? 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 Grew to love seeing them, but have not seen one for years. Why?
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.
quote:Originally posted by ContessaQ:quote:Originally posted by Little Miss Spurs:
Airships? 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 Grew to love seeing them, but have not seen one for years. Why?
they scrapped them after the hindenburg disaster i think.
We still get the Goodyear one flying around and theres a Stella one too!
First time I have heard of themquote:Originally posted by Little Miss Spurs:Hiya PCE, Oh dear, think I am showing my age!!!! Thay were things in the sky I suppose sort of (ish) similar to hot air balloons?!quote:Originally posted by pretty~cocoa~eyes:
Hello hun dont know what you are on about
Only launched a year ago.
quote:Originally posted by FGG Aka Crocodile Rock:quote:Originally posted by ContessaQ:quote:Originally posted by Little Miss Spurs:
Airships? 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 Grew to love seeing them, but have not seen one for years. Why?
they scrapped them after the hindenburg disaster i think.
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.
quote:Originally posted by ContessaQ:quote:Originally posted by Little Miss Spurs:
Airships? 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 Grew to love seeing them, but have not seen one for years. Why?
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
They use them for commercial advertising but not for passengers since the Hindenburg disaster.quote:Originally posted by Cinds:quote:Originally posted by ContessaQ:quote:Originally posted by Little Miss Spurs:
Airships? 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 Grew to love seeing them, but have not seen one for years. Why?
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.
Think 'Good Year blimp'
quote: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.
quote:Originally posted by Sarum:quote: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!
quote:Originally posted by FGG Aka Crocodile Rock:quote:Originally posted by Sarum:
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!
Actually, that describes quite a few people I know...
quote:Originally posted by Sarum:quote:Originally posted by FGG Aka Crocodile Rock:quote:Originally posted by Sarum:
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!
Actually, that describes quite a few people I know...
Really! Then I am beind deprived it seems!quote:Originally posted by Cinds:quote:Originally posted by ContessaQ:quote:Originally posted by Little Miss Spurs:
Airships? 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 Grew to love seeing them, but have not seen one for years. Why?
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.
I want to see one!quote:Originally posted by FGG Aka Crocodile Rock:
Only launched a year ago.
They use inert gases now,helium I think,the old ones were full of hydrogen which was highly flammable.
quote:Originally posted by kattymieoww:
They use inert gases now,helium I think,the old ones were full of hydrogen which was highly flammable.
blimey you would have good old time sucking on one of those
quote:Originally posted by pussycatj:quote:Originally posted by kattymieoww:
They use inert gases now,helium I think,the old ones were full of hydrogen which was highly flammable.
blimey you would have good old time sucking on one of those
youve always gotta mention 'sucking' havent ya
I think they changed the gas which inflates them to a non flammable one..makes sense!!!
quote:Originally posted by Little Miss Spurs:
Airships? 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 Grew to love seeing them, but have not seen one for years. Why?
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.
quote:Originally posted by charmer:quote:Originally posted by pussycatj:quote:Originally posted by kattymieoww:
They use inert gases now,helium I think,the old ones were full of hydrogen which was highly flammable.
blimey you would have good old time sucking on one of those
youve always gotta mention 'sucking' havent ya
ooh, might have to go one year, just to get my fix!quote:Originally posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:quote:Originally posted by Little Miss Spurs:
Airships? 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 Grew to love seeing them, but have not seen one for years. Why?
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.
this is original footage of the disaster... may disturb some viewers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...GA_U&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...GA_U&feature=related
quote: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
Former Member
i wanna see one
quote:Originally posted by charmer:quote: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
and while im here and youre
could you PM me an authentic goa'n really nice fish curry recipe please?
i'd be grateful
thanks
OMG That is truly shockingquote: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
quote:Originally posted by charmer:quote:Originally posted by charmer:quote: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
and while im here and yourea goasorry-in goa
could you PM me an authentic goa'n really nice fish curry recipe please?
i'd be grateful
thanks
yucky i hate goan fish curry but there is one on this site and loads of other goan recipes
http://www.goacom.com/cuisine/recipes/
quote:Originally posted by Little Miss Spurs:OMG That is truly shockingquote: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
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
That would be practically double my age! The airships I was talking of were like the pic you posted, with the little bit underneath where people sat 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!quote:Originally posted by ContessaQ:quote:Originally posted by Little Miss Spurs:OMG That is truly shockingquote: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
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
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