latest ship Launched at the Cardington sheds / hangars, Lightship A60+ Goodyear blimp spirit of safety 2.
Latest Cardington News
Below is all the latest news from the net and word of mouth on Cardington airship activity, any news on R101 R100 airship themed events are on the site, the site is new and i am learning so be patience, more good stuff is coming, watch this space.
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want to see what Take Thats huge stage looked like in shed 1 at Cardington, just found this video on youtube, some stills of the stage up in shed one, the holes in the roof actually look good in one pic, but they holes have gotta go.
04/06/2011
two cool video's found on you tube, one on the R100 and the other R101, links above. 02/06/2011 news on the grapevine that a cast member of East Enders has moved into Cardington, who could it be? can you guess right? 29/05/2011 News in the bedfordshire on sunday on take thats use of shed 1 they seem to have got a little confused with their sheds though, Take that were in shed 1, the Batman filming was in shed 2, good news article though link here 25/05/2011
amazing footage of the roof of shed 1, terrible holes in this amazing building. link above. 24/05/2011 remember the carablimp on topgear, its on display here and ana rticle featuring the LEMV HAV here 20/05/2011 The Sun has a small article on the take that boys at Cardington in shed 1, looks like Robbie has been playing 5 aside in shed 1 too lol. link here 18/05/2011 more take that news at the Mirror, good little bit on Cardington, even though they got the length of shed 1 wrong!!! link here Batman at Cardington news 18/05/2011 Batman at Cardington, small report in the local newspaper Bedfordshire times and citizen on the new batman filming, report can be found here Hybrid air vehicle's news 20 April 2011 shed 1's doors open on the way home again, looks like they have been open a while, last night shed 2's door was open, all lit up inside, lots of bat set visible, looked impressive and that was with me driving by. filming of Christopher Nolan's next block buster Batman film continues. the dark knight rises due out next year, cant wait. 19th April 2011 Shed 1 and Shed 2's doors open today, not sure whats going on but the site was epic, is restoration coming, watch this space they have continued to clear the site so something is def afoot. Cardington rocks!!!! some pics from my sponsored walk for the AHT few years ago.       18th of April 2011
Cardington's Shed (Hangar) 1's only working door was open today, no idea what they were up too, might be the rest of the Goodyear gear moving out, the smaller doors to the rear of the shed were also open, something was happening, but what was it? no pics because i was driving and that's dangerous but if they are open any more and i have the time ill try and get some pics. The headquarters buildings restoration is continuing, the roof is taking shape once more, clearing round shed 1 continues too, i have on good authority that restoration of shed 1 will start soon, within 5 months and also it should be complete by years end 2012, i look forward to this date and will update this with news and pics as they come up. remember Fosberns new Cardington site is up and running its address is http://www.cardington-hangars.co.uk/index.html to see pics of some damage to shed 1 take a look at the Cardington restoration shed 1 news page link on the main menu above, also on the page are pictures of the progress so far on the headquarters building. STOP PRESS I have got a flight, expect pictures news and hopefully a video too on the site, feel like a kid again, Cheers Goodyear. spirit of safety I and II HAVE SWAPPED NUMBERS, SOSII is now SOSI and SOSI is now SOSII. Goodyear spirit of safety is in France, heres pics taken by Thierry Detable heres the link cool photos. Spirit of Safety leaves Cardington
she left Friday the 8th of April to continue the UK tour, she flew off to Birmingham and as she went she flew right over my workplace, unfortunately nothing in hand to record the event but it was a nice goodbye. the nighttime footage below is very good, have a look.
Goodyear blimp, Spirit of safety I
night flying shot over Cardington by my Father, lit up and quite cool
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The results of the should the Goodyear blimp have a permanent base in the UK, well the yes camp def have it with only 4 in the no camp out of 39 votes that is a resounding yes, well for every one who too part, cheers, lets see what happens.
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Goodyear Spirit of safety II at the Cardington sheds 06/04/2011
some shots of the mast and a few of some support vehicles.
                                       spirit of safety 2 is to continue the UK tour, Spirit of safety 1 is heading to France. Spirit of safety 2 is launched today Sunday the 3rd of April 2011, pics and a video below                    Goodyear's spirit of safety 2 is still not out, just drove past the sheds sat the 2nd April 2011 and still no blimp out yet, however the mooring mast is up and ready for the ship so as soon as the wind dies down the door will open and the ship will pop out and get ready for her tour of Europe. there are pictures of the finished SOS2 out there though find a few here on the facebook groups pictures blimp crew tavern, she's looking good.
Goodyear's Spirit of safety 1 takes shape, goodyears fantastic video below. Her sister rises, SOS2 TAKES SHAPE AT CARDINGTON TO FLY TO FRANCE. great areal video of spirit of safety 1 in the air http://www.walesonline.co.uk/multimedia/news/video/2011/03/28/good-year-blimp-91466-28416977/ The Spirit of safety is flying above Cardiff again today, after an excellent flight over the England Wales game at the weekend, off to Birmingham soon continuing her message of safety on Britain's Roads. she has been well received and the UFO reports on twitter are dieing down, now the question is coming where is Spirit of safety 2? England-Wales game, Spirit of safety flys over the millennium stadium in Wales and England win. back to Cardiff Goodyear official video, footage of "spirit of safety" over London.
Spirit of safety is over London tonight, lighting up the sky, keep an eye out. 24/03/2011
Well the Goodyear Blimp Spirit of safety 1 has left Cardington, tonight, wednesday the 23rd of March 2011 she will be over London, Watch those skies guy's, would love any pics of her over London and i will try and continue to follow her tour and report here, cheers. Heres my Flickr photostream,some of pictures of the ship, hope you like them heres the link Flickr .                                             new video of the spirit of safety 1 flying at the Cardington sheds, on monday the 21st of march 2011.
small vid of the ship on her mast me and my boy took this afternoon, sunday the 20th march 2011.
new video taken by Ashley Luke Prater, also below are some of Ashley's pictures of the ship taken in the dark with its lights on full.
also for those interested, we refer to the sheds or hangars as 1 or 2, shed 1 is the older of the two, built in 1916 in original form was 700ft long it was later lengthened and its roof raised to the size we know today, if you are looking from the A600 its the one on the left that is Grey and rusty and in need of restoration, this was the home of the R101 and where the R100 was dismantled, shed 2 is the greener restored shed on the right, it was home to the R100, it was origionaly built in Pullham St Mary in Norfolk but when the Imperial Airship Scheme started she was taken down and reassembled to her current size at Cardington, a huge macarno set of parts, she was home to R100 ans later used as a fire research lab, a BIG lab, any how today the shed seem second home to film director Christopher Nolan and films such as the batman trilogy of films he has and is making and also his huge success Inception had very large technical scenes filmed at shed 2 cardington, hope this helps when your looking at the sheds and wonder which is which?   Something stirs in shed 1 Cardington. well she has left on her tour, cardington falls silent to airship engines once more, they will return. the Goodyear Tyre company have launched the website that accompany the safety tour, here's the link http://www.goodyearblimp.co.uk/uk/ Goodyear tyres have been flying their blimps since 1925 when the first blimp, the Pilgrim took to sky's, also in the 70's, Goodyear assembled the Europa at Cardington. so welcome back to cardington to an old friend, the Goodyear blimp. news article on a returning friend. Goodyear blimp at cardington also a vid on youtube, not one of mine cardington Goodyear blimp crew tavern group on facebook has pictures of the new Goodyear airship being inflated on their photos page, heres the link Goodyear MORE PICTURES found here Goodyear will keep you updated on flight news and hopefully pictures and vid clips, my dad has been forewarned, as per usual i might miss it all through work but hey ho. GOODYEAR. |
 steven_9709 Spirit of Safety 2 is now tethered outside Cardington Shed 1, looking mighty fine :-) #goodyearblimp @goodyear_uk 5 hours ago · reply · retweet · favorite  HAVMUSTFLY @steven_9709 cheers mate will be later after lunch with my camera, thought she would be out, weather seem a lot calmer 4 hours ago · reply · retweet · favorite HAVMUSTFLY Will #goodyearblimp SOS2 be out @cardington shed 2 today, ill be getting pics, http://cardington.weebly... 7 hours ago · reply · retweet · favorite HAVMUSTFLY http://www.facebook.com/... whats your #favourite #airship #blimp #facebook #poll 7 hours ago · reply · retweet · favorite HAVMUSTFLY Goodyear Sky - Spot the ball win a trip on the blimp or free tyres http://t.co/OREd71b via @Goodyear about 1 hour ago · reply HAVMUSTFLY new #goodyearblimp video on my news page http://t.co/T1TtqQ3 via @weebly 9 hours ago · reply HAVMUSTFLY off to work, will the @goodyearblimp be out today? http://cardington.weebly... #zeppelin #blimp 14 hours ago · reply HAVMUSTFLY R101 airship was the largest aircraft that this great country has ever produced please remember this http://cardington.weebly... 15 hours ago · reply HAVMUSTFLY lol has just realized on this new interface for twitter where the @ mentions button is lol all those conversations ive missed out on sorry 15 hours ago · reply HAVMUSTFLY @125f8 if you want 2 photograph the shed inside you need 2 contact fosbern hangars heres the link http://cardington-hangar... 15 hours ago · reply |
fosbern Cardington's current owners have just launched a new website promoting the sheds, looking at it it seems pretty good, a lot better than the old site, anyhow it is up and running and also they have a date for completion of the restoration of shed 1, according to the site all restoration will be completed by year end 2012, news i have awaited to hear for many years, it looks like they want shed 1 to be used continually as well any way i am starting to ramble, you guys want the address, its here http://www.cardington-hangars.co.uk/index.html enjoy
Bang goes the winter theory at cardington MET office, cool, to learn more on the program here is their website. Bang goes the winter theory
SHORTS Headquarters buildings roofs off, i think its restoration is well under way.
pictures when i can.
Bang goes the winter theory at cardington MET office, cool, to learn more on the program here is their website. Bang goes the winter theory
SHORTS Headquarters buildings roofs off, i think its restoration is well under way.
pictures when i can.
right heres the poll results, out of A total of 9 votes the clear winner is No, shed 2's ok but shed 1's for arships, which i think is right too, in the other camp there was a comment too "NO! the cardington sheds are for the airships and the airships only" a fantastic comment and it goes to show that the majoritiy of visitors that voted want cardington to keep its airship connection.
right woorking on new poll now, should be up in a sec.
13/03/2011
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right woorking on new poll now, should be up in a sec.
13/03/2011
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heres the results of last weeks poll, 18 votes in total and most leaning toward the no camp but it was very close.
below are the other comments
'Other' Answers
It depends on a suitable application that is funded to enable development!
No, big airships will never reappear because the necessary infrastructure is gone
NO - the economics !!!
not likely but never say never
below are the other comments
'Other' Answers
It depends on a suitable application that is funded to enable development!
No, big airships will never reappear because the necessary infrastructure is gone
NO - the economics !!!
not likely but never say never
great Daily mail article on HAV and Cardington. daily mail article
Right here's the results for the latest poll
and it seems the yes camp have it by a large margin here, Cardington should have a future in LTA, 12 in the yes camp and only 4 in the no's, i really cannot imagine a Cardington without airships, it has it's gaps over the years but there is absolutely nothing like seeing an airship flying over the sheds, Long live Cardington.
and it seems the yes camp have it by a large margin here, Cardington should have a future in LTA, 12 in the yes camp and only 4 in the no's, i really cannot imagine a Cardington without airships, it has it's gaps over the years but there is absolutely nothing like seeing an airship flying over the sheds, Long live Cardington.
shed 2 was open yesterday, lots of stage work showing so something is happening, Christopher Nolan's new batman film is filming there shortly, dark knight rising. will keep you all posted.
R101 related news article
Betty spent many years working at Great Ormond Street Hospital caring for sick children.
It was during this time that the R101 airship crashed in France in October 1930, killing 48 people.
Sue, from Hale, added: “She was there when thousands of people lined the streets for the funeral procession for all those who died in the crash.”
http://www.knutsfordguardian.co.uk/news/8800185.Survivor_marks_100th_birthday/
Betty spent many years working at Great Ormond Street Hospital caring for sick children.
It was during this time that the R101 airship crashed in France in October 1930, killing 48 people.
Sue, from Hale, added: “She was there when thousands of people lined the streets for the funeral procession for all those who died in the crash.”
http://www.knutsfordguardian.co.uk/news/8800185.Survivor_marks_100th_birthday/
R100 R101 airships at Cardington exhibition at the bedford gallery, its open till the 19th of December.
this is a must see, loads of original artifacts, footage and fantastic images, come and see.
airship exhibition.
from the beds on sunday Exhibition clears cloud over airship’s tragic maiden flight Airships on displayTHE R100 & THE R101: AIRSHIPS AT CARDINGTON Bedford Gallery Until December 19 Health and safety may be taking a dive in popularity these days but on the inaugural flight of the R101 in 1930 a little more attention to a lot more detail might have saved lives. The world’s largest airship took off on October 4, 1930, from Carding - ton bound for Karachi, in what was then British India. Pressured into making the trip by the Air Ministry to ensure that the Air Minister Lord Thomson could attend a conference, the airship was never fully airworthy. Bad weather over northern France scuppered the whole expedition and the R101 came down nose-first. The impact wasn’t so great but fire immediately broke out and 5.5 million cubic feet of hydrogen gas encased inside the stretched intestines of 100,000 oxen (yes, really) meant that only six of the 55 passengers and crew survived the blaze. Most people in Bedford know a little of the history; if nothing else, the huge sheds at Cardington are a reminder of that dream of long distance travel in ‘luxury liners of the sky’. But this exhibition fills in the gaps in the story by way of contemporary accounts, the recollections of the survivors and the families of those who died, a few objects that did not burn to a crisp, design drawings and Pathé news reel of the construction of the R101. But it is the photographs, blown up in some cases to an enormous size, that are so striking. The smiling faces of the young crew who flew the doomed airship to the best of their not inconsiderable ability, the cheering crowds who watched it leave on its maiden but final flight and the images of the crash site with the broken skeleton of the framework like some fractured Meccano model. This fascinating collection of memorabilia is proof that a disaster such as the crash of the R101 is just as poignant and tragic a loss now as just hours after she made that final circuit of salute around her home town of Bedford one early October evening 70 years ago. Below news on Christopher Nolan and the next Batman film from this site http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118027580
With Leavesden out of action, Warner has several current or upcoming projects booked into other studios, including "Sherlock Holmes 2" and "Clash of the Titans 2." Helmer Chris Nolan will return to his usual airship hangar in Cardington to shoot the next Batman. below from http://batman-news.com/2010/12/05/the-dark-knight-rises-is-filming-in-the-uk/
‘The Dark Knight Rises’ is filming in the UK Posted by Chris on December 5, 2010 | The Dark Knight Rises | Filming Last week Hero Complex confirmed where The Dark Knight Rises would not be filming, and now Variety knows where it will. In a recent article, Variety confirms that The Dark Knight Rises crew will be heading back to the Cardington hangars, which sit just outside of Bedford. This isn’t a huge surprise, both Batman Begins and The Dark Knight were shot there. Hopefully we’ll see the return of the Batcave, Wayne Manor, and the Narrows, all of which are over in the UK. I think it’s safe to assume production will also be returning to Chicago as well. In another bit of news, production designer Nathan Crowley will be returning for The Dark Knight Rises. Crowley has previously worked on Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. Production is scheduled to begin in May 2011. Stay tuned to Batman-News.com for all the latest news leading up to The Dark Knight Rises‘ July 20th, 2012 release. SOURCE: Variety, The Skouras Agency (PDF) Read more: http://batman-news.com/2010/12/05/the-dark-knight-rises-is-filming-in-the-uk/#ixzz17GNYY87g |
Airship Heritage Trust site sales page, loads and loads of airship stuff for sale, t-shirts and books.
airship heritage trust sales amazon topgear calander
Top gear airship caravan, the carablimp at cardington for febuary a BBC news report on Hybrid air vehicles HAV304 / skycat airship.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8863500.stm interesting footage. 30th Nov 2010.
Airship Poll. first poll and the winner is the airship R101. R100 and R80 come in 2nd and 3rd while R34 share's 4th with the R38, R36 was 5th. surprisingly R33 had no votes neither did R31 or R32, R33 was the longest serving British airship and was scrapped after about 10 year's of service, R31 and R32 were Cardington's first airships, R31 and R32 were wooden framed airships based on the Shutte Lanz ships, they were so flexible during tight turns crew standing along the central walkway would lose sight of each other. the mystery other voter never mentioned their favorite ship. remember the comment button.  8th Dec 2010
right its the second poll and below are the results. coming in at No 1 is skycat HAV, well i know this would come high it's a fantastic ship design, in at No 2 is the Zepp NT very popular in California at present, boo hiss time coming in at 3 is P791, this skycat wannabe is good but not good enough, but obviously some people like it, coming in next at 4th is the skyship 600, what are you people thinking this Cardington lady should have been higher boo hiss. next at 5 is jointly sk500, A60, A150, AND (bullet 580? (LOL)) now we have the others, or as like to put it the ones i forgot about Dynalifter PSC-4 Aeroscraft ML866 LEMV well the LEMV was covered by skycat. the no voters were the AT-10, WHAT were you guys thinking of, it was a fantastic design, short lived and never met its full potential but fantastic all the same.  What do you think the best use of the Cardington sheds is? right it's results time again, i liked this poll, one it has my biggest amount of votes and secondly the result is what i think. anyhow here's the breakdown, coming in at number one is, airship production and development, receiving 22 votes of the total 41 cast, this is what i want to happen. anyway next coming in at 2 is "historical airship museum" receiving 14 votes another high for the poll, this is my second choice but i dont see any reason why you could not have 1 and 2 together, it would work. number 3 is other and the comments are as follows will joe bloggs head fit in it?? Part Museum, Part Active Hangar For Any Use Event arena - hot air balloons ect obviously one is a joker, even the Cardington sheds are not that big lol no offense meant. after that we have a rather large combined 4th consisting of film studios distribution center (what the? boo hiss) music concert arena like o2 in London all recieving 1 vote next we have the no shows indoor ski slope taken down and used for housing indoor sports arena giraffe farming (this question is based on a quote from Roger Munk, "Cardington is only good for two things, airships and giraffe farming" i love that quote. any how just working on the new poll which is going live in a few mins enjoy. |
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This story at http://www.nolanfans.com/2010/12/05/the-dark-knight-returns-to-the-cardington-airship-sheds/
The Dark Knight Returns to the Cardington Airship Sheds Posted on Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 1:54 pm by TeddyBlass There has been much speculation as to where The Dark Knight Rises will be filming when it starts production in 2011; New Orleans being the major rumor, with some sites even going as far as to “confirm” that to be true. However, not too long ago our pals over at Hero Complex sent out a tweet officially killing that rumor, denouncing it as a “total myth.” With the New Orleans filming theories officially in a casket, we are once again left with the question; Where will The Dark Knight Rises be filming? The answer seems simple because it is. Christopher Nolan’s last installment in his Batman saga will make its return to the Cardington airship sheds in Bedfordshire, England. Both Batman Begins and The Dark Knight filmed in the enormous hangers there, as did Nolan’s most recent cinematic outing, Inception. According to Variety, Chris and team will be returning to the United Kingdom to finish the Batman story, as well as to take advantage of the tax credits offered there. The airship sheds were home to many vast sets in the series, including ‘the narrows’ and the batcave. Perhaps a new batcave will be one of the new sets built inside the hangers? One can hope. It’s probably safe to assume that production will also return to Chicago, the real life American city that often doubled for Gotham in Nolan’s films. Filming isn’t said to begin until May of next year, but Variety‘s David S. Cohen sent out a funny tweet last night saying that Nolan told him that his script is due tomorrow (Monday) or else he’s in big trouble! Nolan was no doubt being tongue-in-cheek, but nonetheless I am a tiny bit surprised the script is demanded of him. Now all we need is someone to tell us what is in it! I guess we’ll just have to wait, but I suppose an official announcement from Warner Bros. could crop up in the next month or so. Until then… Thanks to Shindler2010 in the forums for the tip. Read more: http://www.nolanfans.com/2010/12/05/the-dark-knight-returns-to-the-cardington-airship-sheds/#ixzz17JOq1DAx |
 Below are the results of the last poll, what airship story should be turned into a film?
well at no surprise on a cardington site the R100 R101 story came top with 37.93% of the vote with 11 votes cast, coming in second is other, the others consisting of the below ZRS (book) The (tragic) story of Schütte(-Lanz) Airship Industries Development History U.S. Navy Airship L-8 LZ126 in at 3rd with 4 votes was the Norge, 5th was 3rd was LZ127 graff Zeppelin, joint second was shenandoah and LZ104 African ship, joint 5 was R34 atlantic flight and the R38 , nothing for R33 NS11 and Akron/Macon. so roll on that R101 movie, it needs to be made.  well below are the results from the last airship poll, and the visitors favorite cardington built airship was, drum roll please, R101.
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still no news on shed 1's restoration, it is deteriorating more and more every year now, the main structure of the shed seems sound however the cladding is failing and the holes in the roof are quite bit now, hopefully the restoration will start next year.
the condition of this fine large building has been left to deteriorate for far too long, lets hope next year will mark the beginning of its restoration.
the condition of this fine large building has been left to deteriorate for far too long, lets hope next year will mark the beginning of its restoration.
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