You know this new bloody great airship thing?

[71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat]

It's crashed on its second flight :hehe:
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-crash-airlander-idUSKCN10Z1F9?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuter s+World+News%29

[Ash]

No. I don't know this new bloody great airship thing. Is it the Hindenburg again?

[71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat]

No. I don't know this new bloody great airship thing. Is it the Hindenburg again?
No. A white elephant in more ways than one it seems.
Btw I got your Caretaker reference yesterday...excellent stuff.

[barrybueno]

What a **** idea they've always been. Great for the muzzies tho, could bring that down with a catapult :hehe:

[Sir C]

No. A white elephant in more ways than one it seems.
Btw I got your Caretaker reference yesterday...excellent stuff.

I'm not sure that a mishap on its second trial flight is reason to write it off as a white elephant, tbh.

It being a great big fat slow cow and abhorrent to Sky Gods - there's a reason to write it off as a white elephant.

[Ash]

Btw I got your Caretaker reference yesterday...excellent stuff.

Thanks, 71. :thumbup:

I was hoping that Mo would have acknowledged it, seeing as he seemed to be angling for it.

[Burney]

I'm not sure that a mishap on its second trial flight is reason to write it off as a white elephant, tbh.

It being a great big fat slow cow and abhorrent to Sky Gods - there's a reason to write it off as a white elephant.

It also looks like a bit buttocky. Also, how do you crash an airship? Surely the whole point of them is that airborne is their default position?

[Sir C]

It also looks like a bit buttocky. Also, how do you crash an airship? Surely the whole point of them is that airborne is their default position?

I suspect that once they're moving in a certain direction it takes a while to persuade them to change. I don't know, though.

Silly bloody thing if you ask me.

[Burney]

I suspect that once they're moving in a certain direction it takes a while to persuade them to change. I don't know, though.

Silly bloody thing if you ask me.

Yes. No-one's actually offered any explanation as to why a new, really slow mode of transport might be desirable.

[Sir C]

Yes. No-one's actually offered any explanation as to why a new, really slow mode of transport might be desirable.

A potential use I heard bandied was 'troop carrying'. Now I'm no military tactician, but surely a slow, unwieldy, vulnerable vehicle is just about the last mode of transport appropriate to a war zone?

[Ash]

A potential use I heard bandied was 'troop carrying'. Now I'm no military tactician, but surely a slow, unwieldy, vulnerable vehicle is just about the last mode of transport appropriate to a war zone?

Perhaps the idea is not to emphasise that point as you are selling them to a future enemy.

[Burney]

A potential use I heard bandied was 'troop carrying'. Now I'm no military tactician, but surely a slow, unwieldy, vulnerable vehicle is just about the last mode of transport appropriate to a war zone?

Maybe you could camouflage it as a cloud?

[TheCurly]

It also looks like a bit buttocky. Also, how do you crash an airship? Surely the whole point of them is that airborne is their default position?

I'm convinced it's an ark majob to take the 13 families and the rest of the lizards off to the moon when this place goes to ****

[Burney]

I'm convinced it's an ark majob to take the 13 families and the rest of the lizards off to the moon when this place goes to ****

It can only fit 48 people, c. And **** all animals. Also, it can't get out of Bedfordshire, let alone the atmosphere.

[TheCurly]

It can only fit 48 people, c. And **** all animals. Also, it can't get out of Bedfordshire, let alone the atmosphere.

Ahhhh that's what they want you to think.Big fúcker has swimming pools and a golf course