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Largest aircraft crashes
BazaJT:
The worlds largest aircraft the Airlander 10 "Flying bum" has crashed in a field near Cardington.Apparently it somehow broke loose from its mooring mast and crashed a short time afterwards.One woman has been reported injured,emergency services have closed off roads around the site due to fears of fuel and Helium spillage.
ronnyd:
That ain,t the first time either :D It nose dived into the ground last year. Hardly breeds confidence IMHO.
BazaJT:
Especially as they're on about using it for "pleasure" flights to the North Pole :D
Rods2:
I thought for a moment you were talking about a real aircraft, not a bag of wind! :o :o :o
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-225_Mriya
Not an economic, practical or safe mode of transport, but the romance of the airship means groups still persist in trying to prove the maths wrong! :o :o :o
The Goodyear advertising blimp fleet is about as far as it has ever got when it comes to commercial success and they have not had a particularly good safety record. ::) ::) ::)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodyear_Blimp
Lizzie Zoom:
I think the German Zeppelins generally, and the British R38 & 101, the USA Roma, the French Dixmude, USA Akron, then the German LZ 129 Hindenburg all proved the high risk of floating on bags of wind.
OK, the new airships float on helium instead of hydrogen, which is much safer, but they are at the mercy of the wind and weather generally as they can only fly at low altitudes. They are also slow, and what a target for terrorism!
No give me a "rigid bodied" plane any day! ;)
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