jasman71 Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 (edited) Just read a post on social media from a lady friend who is saying she just saw the airship had a bit of a prang, and filmed it too, but at the time of writing hasn't posted it.She says the pilots walked away from it, and is waiting to see if the AAIB want her video. Beyond that I know nothing, and haven't see anything in the news yet, unless anyone else has, but may be worth keeping an eye, or ear, out for EDIT: I've seen a couple of still photos under a headline of "...damaged after bad landing". Seems to have come down hard on the cockpit cupola from a height Edited August 24, 2016 by jasman71 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radleigh Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Source? Link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XL929 Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 On the BBC website now, according to the report it hit a telegraph pole. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-37174417 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Eeek! Looks like that engine pod is pointing skyward, which seems to suggest the pilot was doing his best to avoid it in the "up" direction. Hopefully they'll learn some lessons (like don't crash into telegraph poles) & move on. Doesn't say if anyone was hurt, but hopefully that's a sign that no-one was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasman71 Posted August 24, 2016 Author Share Posted August 24, 2016 My friend says it absolutely did not hit a telegraph pole. She says the mooring cable hit a power line which then caused sparks and snaked up toward the Airlander. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bradley Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 "A spokesman said: "The flight went really well and the only issue was when it landed."" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasman71 Posted August 24, 2016 Author Share Posted August 24, 2016 What was the old saying..."any landing you can walk away from....." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhouse Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 "A spokesman said: "The flight went really well and the only issue was when it landed."" Sounds like some of my flights... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham T Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 A spokesman said: "The flight went really well and the only issue was when it landed." That's kind of important, isn't it? A bit like saying the Titanic's maiden voyage went well.........until it hit the iceberg. (Not making any kind of fun of this, glad everyone walked away). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 It's just a case of accentuating the positives so people don't lose faith the project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhouse Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 And there are plenty of positives. I hope it achieves huge success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flankerman Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Interesting that it is now reported as being 'the worlds LONGEST aircraft' - I'm sure it used to be 'the biggest'? Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalkeEins Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 watched the video. Contact with the ground at all of 2 mph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 FalkeEins, on 24 Aug 2016 - 10:15 AM, said:watched the video. Contact with the ground at all of 2 mph And several tons worth of inertia, which makes for gigantic crunching noises when you run it into the planet. It appears as though they'll be doing a fair amount of rebuilding of the gondola, not to mention what may have been displaced inside the envelope (I can see several areas which are wrinkled, indicative of internal damage). Luckily, the reports on CBC say that nobody was injured, which speaks well of the basic soundness of the design. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Plenty of time for the occupants to abseil out of the way! Reminds me of a Farnborough Airshow preview back in the 80's when I saw a pair of Skyship 500's beat up the runway on arrival. It took 10 minutes! Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasman71 Posted August 24, 2016 Author Share Posted August 24, 2016 If you see it on BBC news my friend Angela, who took the video, was interviewed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeronut Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 And several tons worth of inertia, which makes for gigantic crunching noises when you run it into the planet. It appears as though they'll be doing a fair amount of rebuilding of the gondola, not to mention what may have been displaced inside the envelope (I can see several areas which are wrinkled, indicative of internal damage). Luckily, the reports on CBC say that nobody was injured, which speaks well of the basic soundness of the design. I once watch from close to an Airship 500 land at RAF Benson. For an airship it was a hard landing, the undercarriage leg compressed fully, the gondola came to a dead stop and the inertia of the gas bag caused it to wrap itself arond the gondola covering most of the Windows. The gas bag then rebounded until the wheel left the ground. This 'bounced landing' took several seconds from start to finish rather like today's slow motion prang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Now that picture wouldn't make a very inspiring Album cover would it? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasman71 Posted August 25, 2016 Author Share Posted August 25, 2016 Now that picture wouldn't make a very inspiring Album cover would it? Oh yes, though I hear Countess Frau von Airlander isn't too chuffed The footage of the whole crash seems innocuous until it zooms in and you can see one of the pilots dangling outside the front of the cockpit, narrowly avoiding being crushed when it hits the deck for a second time. I'll be interested to see how they get it back to the hangars: can't exactly drag it along the ground, can they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truro Model Builder Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Don't worry. It'll buff out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAVY870 Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Sounds like some of my flights... Sounds like all of mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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