How NOT to airship

[Peter Brassbeard]

Airship Carvanning - Top Gear - BBC
Curiously not this crew's worst disaster by fair margin.
https://youtu.be/jlzQq3nOj5c
(not sure how to to a youtube insert here)

[Prof Marvel]

Oh Bloody Hell.

"We do not know your intentions"
"You have strayed into controlled airspace"

And THAT'S why we can't have nice things private airships !

However did they get away with not being pulled down with Boarding Hooks and arrested?
thank god it was the UK, in the US the poor blighters would've shot down out of the sky, Arnold style....
And one of the Bush's would have declared "Mission Accomplished"

yhs
prof marvel

[James Harrison]

I love these challenges (I have many of them on DVD).  This one is still a particular favourite of mine- mayhem, and another caravan bites the dust, so everybody wins. 

[Maets]

Here it is on Brass Goggles

Airship Carvanning - Top Gear - BBC

[Maets]

Great video.  Thanks for posting.

[George Salt]

It was a fake set-up, they had approval from the tower and faked-up the radio exchange for dramatic effect.

Even Top Gear isn't (quite) that stupid.. ..

[Atterton]

Sadly Top Gear seems to have faked quite a few things.

[J. Wilhelm]

Oh Bloody Hell.

"We do not know your intentions"
"You have strayed into controlled airspace"

And THAT'S why we can't have nice things private airships !

However did they get away with not being pulled down with Boarding Hooks and arrested?
thank god it was the UK, in the US the poor blighters would've shot down out of the sky, Arnold style....
And one of the Bush's would have declared "Mission Accomplished"

yhs
prof marvel

It was a fake set-up, they had approval from the tower and faked-up the radio exchange for dramatic effect.

Even Top Gear isn't (quite) that stupid.. ..

It had to be.  The authorities appeared to be way too lenient.  I'm not shure that at least a couple of military helicopters wouldn't have shot down the "threat" and/or and arrested anyone involved.

[Prof Marvel]

OOOOOOOoooooohhhhh NNNNOOOOOOoooooooo

Top Gear is NOT a documentary?

My dreams are shattered. I have been taken in and flambuzzled.

I must go off and apply sufficient alcohol absinthe alkaloids coca caffeine to my poor little grey cells to revive them and restore my naivete.

yhs
prof (flummoxed) marvel

[Maets]

Not a documentary, darn.  Still a lot of fun!

[Drew P]

And a million times better than the stupid American version.
It shall be missed.

[Sir Henry]

And a million times better than the stupid American version.
It shall be missed.

I must admit, I've missed all of them so far...