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Cardington airship station.
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SHED 1 RESTORATION RESTARTS AFTER THE WINTER BREAK.
ROOF MATERIAL IS BEING REMOVED. THE WORK HAS RESTARTED.
ROOF MATERIAL IS BEING REMOVED. THE WORK HAS RESTARTED.
Cardington Shed - Hangar 1, doors and rear wall completely striped.
Cardington Shed 1, Old Roof removed. 26/04/2013.
the sheds from Jackson Gate, total old roof material is now removed.
Cardington shed / hangar 1 old roof totally removed.
A closer shot of the Doors of shed / hangar one at Cardington, the door is half open and the stripped roof can be seen from the inside. this image was taken on the 25th of April.
Cardington, the home of British airships.
Welcome, this site will hopefully enlighten and inform you of the great and colourful history of Cardington airship station/ RAF Cardington,Home of the Ill fated R101, which remains to this day the largest British aircraft that has ever been constructed, at 777ft long it is a record that has never been broken. also Cardington is were the barrage balloon crews were trained in world war 2.have worked on a few photo montages using images of Cardington and a few of it airships, there all on the images page and i hope you enjoy them, most of the pictures on this site have been taken by my man on the front line, my Farming father Howard Monk, a lot of the of the Photos on here can be accredited to him, i would take more personally but i am at work mostly when all the good stuff is happening so my dad is more than happy to get snappy for me, seeing he has used quite a basic Camera he does seem to take a good picture. and he knows usually where to go to get them, shh its a secrete.
My airships Poem page is growing, im also editing the poems i have already written, they are all a work in progress, keep you eyes peeled for new poems. for my non airship related poetry you can visit my poem website here http://poetme.weebly.com/
"New Cardington" has had its first phase opened, with all these new houses and a new generation and new chapter of this historical site opens lets keep the memory alive of the pioneers that started the whole thing off.
on the video page there are a few clips of an RC airship model of the r101, built by Nigel Well's , it was a fantastic flying model that is sadly no longer with us but enjoy the few clips on the site of her flying.
my family has farmed in Cardington for many years, i grew up in Cardington and remember asking my granddad all about the R101 every time i saw him when i was a kid, My Great aunty worked on the R101 and was one of the crew that helped walk the ship out many times, the ships that flew at Cardington when i was a child were a little smaller, Roger Munks skyships, i saw the first flight of the skyship 500 GBIHN, this was the ship that featured in the 007 James Bond movie a view to a kill.
you may hear as you trawl the net the phrase Cardington airship hangars, this is a bit of a funny point when it comes to airship historians, when cardington's shed 1 first appeared it was called an airship shed, then with the RAW and shed 2 arrived they where still called sheds, when the RAF took over they were then known officially as hangars, the term sheds is correct for airships, although Hangars is used an awful lot when describing them on-line and on news reports, so you can use both terms but i am in the sheds camp so i will call them the cardington sheds, but its not a crime to call them hangars either.
From its wartime beginnings as part of the Shorts brothers with its first two wooden framed airships, the R31 and R32 on through the years to the R38 and onward covering the R101 onward to the 80's and Roger Munks fantastic skyships, into the 0's and Roger Munk again with ATG and into the future with Hybrid Air Vehicles and their fantastic skycat hybrid airship.
the village of Shortstown grew from the need to house the workforce on the base, shortstown has continued to grow from there on, it is now quite a large village in its own right and soon to be enlarged with the new development on the old RAW workshops site, however the new section is called New Cardington, however i think its clearer to call the site now in total shortstown.
there is a fantastic site devoted to shortstown history http://www.shortstownheritage.co.uk
my You Tube page, i have now got quite a large amount of airship related film clips on there now, you can subscribe to my You Tube channel if you follow this link
Batman the dark knight rises was filmed here in 2011, the airfield was used as a set as well as a large plane on a huge frame, if you look below there is a small video i took of the filming on the airfield at Cardington, as well using the outside they also used the inside of shed 2 as they have done on previous films, Chris Nolan seems to love to use the Cardington sheds / Hangars, i wonder if Warner Brother's are interested in buying the "Cardington airship sheds?" remember Inception is now out on DVD, worth it to see if you can spot the bits shot at Cardington
cardington airship sheds internal dimensions
Length: 812 ft
Width: 180 ft
Height: 157 ft
if your looking for the poll its at the bottom of this page.
Don't forget to keep checking out my airships poem page, they are all my own work, i hope you like them and i am always open to constructive criticism.
Did you know how important Cardington became during WW2? barrage balloon's were developed at RAF Cardington and used with great success through the war. as well as inflatable tanks and armament to fool the enemy.
Keep coming back, any news be it from the net or from local sources will be posted here, in association with the many facebook groups i run. also i have started to write poetry on airship themes, i hope you like them, also the pictures which are mainly from my own collection of personal snaps are present.
The R101 airship disaster will always be mentioned when it comes to Cardington, the R101 airship was the largest British aircraft that has ever been constructed, this is a fact that Bedford should be proud of, the ship had her problems, she was very robustly built and there was great craftsmanship went into her construction, a selection of technical problems and rushed choices went on to seal her fate in a terrifying way, our thoughts on those brave men 80 odd years ago should never be forgotten, nor should the R101.
Did you know that the wreckage of the R101 was part salvaged by Zeppelin and some of that scrap might have been recycled and used in the Hindenburg?
below bit from the Airship heritage trust.
It was noted in the records of the Zeppelin company that they purchased 5,000kgs of duraluminium from the wreckage for their own use. Whether this was for testing and analysis or to re-cast and use in the "Hindenburg", is open to further research and speculation.
The Cardington airship sheds are fantastic, historic and absolutely gigantic, shed 1 (R101's shed) is in a terrible state at present, it is still awaiting its restoration, housing being developed at the rear of the sheds has not started construction as of yet either, it is of vital importance that shed 1 is restored and soon, its state at present is absolutely appalling. keep coming back for all the latest news on this important historical Bedfordshire landmark. as soon as more news becomes available be assured i will post all the info i can get on here.
My airships Poem page is growing, im also editing the poems i have already written, they are all a work in progress, keep you eyes peeled for new poems. for my non airship related poetry you can visit my poem website here http://poetme.weebly.com/
"New Cardington" has had its first phase opened, with all these new houses and a new generation and new chapter of this historical site opens lets keep the memory alive of the pioneers that started the whole thing off.
on the video page there are a few clips of an RC airship model of the r101, built by Nigel Well's , it was a fantastic flying model that is sadly no longer with us but enjoy the few clips on the site of her flying.
my family has farmed in Cardington for many years, i grew up in Cardington and remember asking my granddad all about the R101 every time i saw him when i was a kid, My Great aunty worked on the R101 and was one of the crew that helped walk the ship out many times, the ships that flew at Cardington when i was a child were a little smaller, Roger Munks skyships, i saw the first flight of the skyship 500 GBIHN, this was the ship that featured in the 007 James Bond movie a view to a kill.
you may hear as you trawl the net the phrase Cardington airship hangars, this is a bit of a funny point when it comes to airship historians, when cardington's shed 1 first appeared it was called an airship shed, then with the RAW and shed 2 arrived they where still called sheds, when the RAF took over they were then known officially as hangars, the term sheds is correct for airships, although Hangars is used an awful lot when describing them on-line and on news reports, so you can use both terms but i am in the sheds camp so i will call them the cardington sheds, but its not a crime to call them hangars either.
From its wartime beginnings as part of the Shorts brothers with its first two wooden framed airships, the R31 and R32 on through the years to the R38 and onward covering the R101 onward to the 80's and Roger Munks fantastic skyships, into the 0's and Roger Munk again with ATG and into the future with Hybrid Air Vehicles and their fantastic skycat hybrid airship.
the village of Shortstown grew from the need to house the workforce on the base, shortstown has continued to grow from there on, it is now quite a large village in its own right and soon to be enlarged with the new development on the old RAW workshops site, however the new section is called New Cardington, however i think its clearer to call the site now in total shortstown.
there is a fantastic site devoted to shortstown history http://www.shortstownheritage.co.uk
my You Tube page, i have now got quite a large amount of airship related film clips on there now, you can subscribe to my You Tube channel if you follow this link
Batman the dark knight rises was filmed here in 2011, the airfield was used as a set as well as a large plane on a huge frame, if you look below there is a small video i took of the filming on the airfield at Cardington, as well using the outside they also used the inside of shed 2 as they have done on previous films, Chris Nolan seems to love to use the Cardington sheds / Hangars, i wonder if Warner Brother's are interested in buying the "Cardington airship sheds?" remember Inception is now out on DVD, worth it to see if you can spot the bits shot at Cardington
cardington airship sheds internal dimensions
Length: 812 ft
Width: 180 ft
Height: 157 ft
if your looking for the poll its at the bottom of this page.
Don't forget to keep checking out my airships poem page, they are all my own work, i hope you like them and i am always open to constructive criticism.
Did you know how important Cardington became during WW2? barrage balloon's were developed at RAF Cardington and used with great success through the war. as well as inflatable tanks and armament to fool the enemy.
Keep coming back, any news be it from the net or from local sources will be posted here, in association with the many facebook groups i run. also i have started to write poetry on airship themes, i hope you like them, also the pictures which are mainly from my own collection of personal snaps are present.
The R101 airship disaster will always be mentioned when it comes to Cardington, the R101 airship was the largest British aircraft that has ever been constructed, this is a fact that Bedford should be proud of, the ship had her problems, she was very robustly built and there was great craftsmanship went into her construction, a selection of technical problems and rushed choices went on to seal her fate in a terrifying way, our thoughts on those brave men 80 odd years ago should never be forgotten, nor should the R101.
Did you know that the wreckage of the R101 was part salvaged by Zeppelin and some of that scrap might have been recycled and used in the Hindenburg?
below bit from the Airship heritage trust.
It was noted in the records of the Zeppelin company that they purchased 5,000kgs of duraluminium from the wreckage for their own use. Whether this was for testing and analysis or to re-cast and use in the "Hindenburg", is open to further research and speculation.
The Cardington airship sheds are fantastic, historic and absolutely gigantic, shed 1 (R101's shed) is in a terrible state at present, it is still awaiting its restoration, housing being developed at the rear of the sheds has not started construction as of yet either, it is of vital importance that shed 1 is restored and soon, its state at present is absolutely appalling. keep coming back for all the latest news on this important historical Bedfordshire landmark. as soon as more news becomes available be assured i will post all the info i can get on here.
SAVE CARDINGTON AIRFIELD
sCA
THE e-PETITION IS LAUNCHED, SIGN TO BRING THE SUBJECT UP AT PARLIAMENT
TOGETHER WE CAN SAVE CARDINGTON FOR FUTURE BRITISH AIRSHIP DEVELOPMENT.
sCA
THE e-PETITION IS LAUNCHED, SIGN TO BRING THE SUBJECT UP AT PARLIAMENT
TOGETHER WE CAN SAVE CARDINGTON FOR FUTURE BRITISH AIRSHIP DEVELOPMENT.
Springtime at Cardington.
someone please tell the weather, the snow at Cardington 23/03/2013
someone please tell the weather, the snow at Cardington 23/03/2013
If you wish to contact me over anything Cardington and Airship or even WB Cardington please do not hesitate
my contacts page is HERE
NEW AIRSHIPS POEMS SITE LAUNCHED.
Due to the airship poetry page getting too big now i have decided they need their own website.
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SITE NOW, VISIT THE AIRSHIPS POETRY SITE HERE
the Cardington airship sheds, Bedfordshire. with Goodyear blimp spirit of safety moored out front.
Her Tour ended and she was returned to Shed 1 on the 14th of August 2012, her season over, now deflated and packed away, hopefully to fly another day....
CARDINGTON SHEDS / hangars..... :-)
pictures and videos of the 2012 launch can be found here
CARDINGTON SHEDS / hangars..... :-)
pictures and videos of the 2012 launch can be found here
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TWO SHORT VIDEO'S I TOOK OF THE FILMING AND PROPS FOR NExT YEARS CHRIS NOLAN FILM BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT RISES ON THE AIRFIELD AT CARDINGTON OVER THE LAST WEEK, THE FIRE RISES ON ONE CLIP WERE FILMING WAS TAKING PLACE, TOM HARDY WHO PLAYS BANE IN THE FILM WAS SAID TO BE THERE, WHILE THE OTHER SHOWS THE SHEDS AT CARDINGTON AND THE PLANE PROP ON A BIG GIMBAL, THE QUALITY IS NOT GOOD BUT IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHATS GOING ON, CHEERS AND ENJOY soz about my voice over lol.
TAKE THAT RETURN TO SHED 1
The boys are back, rehearsing for a tour in shed 1. a video of the boys in the shed on the below link.
some cardington themed products for you to look at or buy. link above.
the airship question poll is at the bottom of the page.
click here to see footage of my Goodyear blimp spirit of safety flight, also my interview by documentally on the day here.
oh and to vote on the airship poll go to the bottom of the page
my new R101 video, set to the Hymn Abide with me, recorded at Cardington church on the 3rd of october 2010.
R101, Abide with me.
and
To be a Pilgrim.
also
Final flight
My poem, The Ship, read by me with images, hope you like it.
The Ship
thank you.
the airship question poll is at the bottom of the page.
click here to see footage of my Goodyear blimp spirit of safety flight, also my interview by documentally on the day here.
oh and to vote on the airship poll go to the bottom of the page
my new R101 video, set to the Hymn Abide with me, recorded at Cardington church on the 3rd of october 2010.
R101, Abide with me.
and
To be a Pilgrim.
also
Final flight
My poem, The Ship, read by me with images, hope you like it.
The Ship
thank you.
that small dot in the middle of the doors is me, sponsored walk from newport pagnell to the Cardington sheds
The blimp AT-10 AT Cardington, a fantastic little airship.
now you can follow us on facebook with our new group. on there you can post responses to anything you see on the site, including out new airship Poll, remember if you have not voted yet you can the current poll question can be found at the bottom of this page.
You can also follow me on twitter, cardingtonsheds
 the above picture is of a skyship 600 airship flying above the Cardington sheds.
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