Cardington visit (pic. heavy)
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Most people know about the Cardington hangers
for those who don't (I was surprised how many didn't..
http://www.aht.ndirect.co.uk/sheds/Cardington.htm
I took a few pictures the other day ..... - a very atmospheric place and you feel very insignificant........
Hanger 1 is falling to pieces and you can see light through holes in the roof -- the guards were adamant that I couldn't go inside as "there's something special in there...." I was told that it was sold for a £1 ?? with the condition that it is restored
Hanger 2 was used by Warner brothers and still contains parts of Gotham City...... it looks very tidy from the outside
Short Brothers old Admin block looked very sad and everything else around it has been flattened....
anyway -- I posted these here (rather than the photo forum) as they are rather specislist in nature and not w
ky enough for the Random pics thread!
for those who don't (I was surprised how many didn't..
http://www.aht.ndirect.co.uk/sheds/Cardington.htmI took a few pictures the other day ..... - a very atmospheric place and you feel very insignificant........
Hanger 1 is falling to pieces and you can see light through holes in the roof -- the guards were adamant that I couldn't go inside as "there's something special in there...." I was told that it was sold for a £1 ?? with the condition that it is restored
Hanger 2 was used by Warner brothers and still contains parts of Gotham City...... it looks very tidy from the outside
Short Brothers old Admin block looked very sad and everything else around it has been flattened....
anyway -- I posted these here (rather than the photo forum) as they are rather specislist in nature and not w
ky enough for the Random pics thread!Edited by Funk Odyssey on Friday 8th May 21:48
Edited by Funk Odyssey on Tuesday 21st July 16:58
andy97 said:
Its not that long ago that Airship Industries were building their Airship 500s there (I saw them when they were conducting their offshore patrol trials with the RN at HMS Daedalus, must have been 1985/6)
there is planning permission, apparently, for 400 houses on the site..............the hangers will stay though
Yes. When I was there they were working on the Supermarine Southanpton hull, the Bristol M1 monoplane, a P-47 and the Airspeed Oxford. All of these are now on display at Hendon or Cosford.
In addition, the site was also their main storage depot and they had lots of interesting bits and pieces - a nested stack of canopies from Airspeed Hamilcar gliders, various ejection seats, the Land Rover used by the Queen during the Royal Review of the RAF at Odiham in 1953 and, most interesting, spare aluminium girder sections for the R101 airship which had been found at the back of a hangar in Karachi. They were still in their original crate.
In addition, the site was also their main storage depot and they had lots of interesting bits and pieces - a nested stack of canopies from Airspeed Hamilcar gliders, various ejection seats, the Land Rover used by the Queen during the Royal Review of the RAF at Odiham in 1953 and, most interesting, spare aluminium girder sections for the R101 airship which had been found at the back of a hangar in Karachi. They were still in their original crate.
Eric Mc said:
Yes. When I was there they were working on the Supermarine Southanpton hull, the Bristol M1 monoplane, a P-47 and the Airspeed Oxford. All of these are now on display at Hendon or Cosford.
In addition, the site was also their main storage depot and they had lots of interesting bits and pieces - a nested stack of canopies from Airspeed Hamilcar gliders, various ejection seats, the Land Rover used by the Queen during the Royal Review of the RAF at Odiham in 1953 and, most interesting, spare aluminium girder sections for the R101 airship which had been found at the back of a hangar in Karachi. They were still in their original crate.
I remember something about the R101 bits -- I used to get Flypast magazien sued to be full of discoveries like that -- the Baghdad Furys stick in my mind for some reason!In addition, the site was also their main storage depot and they had lots of interesting bits and pieces - a nested stack of canopies from Airspeed Hamilcar gliders, various ejection seats, the Land Rover used by the Queen during the Royal Review of the RAF at Odiham in 1953 and, most interesting, spare aluminium girder sections for the R101 airship which had been found at the back of a hangar in Karachi. They were still in their original crate.
Funk Odyssey said:
the guards were adamant that I couldn't go inside as "there's something special in there...."
At a wild, stab-in-the-dark guess, I'd say what was in there are small-scale prototypes of a novel hybrid airship-helicopter-hovercraft heavy transport system. Just a guess, though.
eharding said:
Funk Odyssey said:
the guards were adamant that I couldn't go inside as "there's something special in there...."
At a wild, stab-in-the-dark guess, I'd say what was in there are small-scale prototypes of a novel hybrid airship-helicopter-hovercraft heavy transport system. Just a guess, though.
eharding said:
Funk Odyssey said:
the guards were adamant that I couldn't go inside as "there's something special in there...."
At a wild, stab-in-the-dark guess, I'd say what was in there are small-scale prototypes of a novel hybrid airship-helicopter-hovercraft heavy transport system. Just a guess, though.
FourWheelDrift said:
eharding said:
Funk Odyssey said:
the guards were adamant that I couldn't go inside as "there's something special in there...."
At a wild, stab-in-the-dark guess, I'd say what was in there are small-scale prototypes of a novel hybrid airship-helicopter-hovercraft heavy transport system. Just a guess, though.
Anyway, as I said, it was a wild-arse guess. Probably.
Eric Mc said:
In addition, the site was also their main storage depot and they had lots of interesting bits and pieces - a nested stack of canopies from Airspeed Hamilcar gliders...
I'm guessing that was a typo Eric? - the Hamilcar was made by General Aircraft Limited. Airspeed made the Horsa.A few years back I visited the Tillamook Air Museum in Oregon. The museum uses a former Naval air station airship hanger as it's home. 1,072 feet long and 296 feet wide, internal floor area is just over 6 acres. 192 feet tall, some joker has fitted a basketball hoop above one of the doorways. It's apparently the largest clear-span wooden structure in the world.
GreenV8S said:
eharding said:
At a wild, stab-in-the-dark guess, I'd say what was in there are small-scale prototypes of a novel hybrid airship-helicopter-hovercraft heavy transport system.
Would that be a coander lifting body? Hypothetically?
http://www.worldskycat.com/index.html
Edited by steve_amv8 on Wednesday 13th May 00:01
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