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Hello from the UK; Airship items at RAF Cosford Museum

Dan Grossman — Sat, 18 Jan 2014 11:12:24 +0000

I am spending most of this month in the UK on various aviation history projects. Here are some airships bits I unexpectedly came across while looking through non-LTA items at the museum at RAF Cosford:

Control wheels from R.33

Section of girder from SchÃ¼tte-Lanz ship

I will be heading to London tomorrow for the last two weeks of this month. I will staying at the RAF Club if any local helium-heads would like to say hello; just send me an email (Dan@Airshps.net).

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In Friedrichshafen

Dan Grossman — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 06:28:18 +0000

I arrived last night.

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My visit to Cardington

Dan Grossman — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:07:08 +0000

I just returned from a very productive visit to the UK that included a chance to visit various sites around Cardington and meet several members of the Airship Heritage Trust including Paul Ross, Den Burchmore, Trevor Monk, and Giles Camplin.

Den and Trevor generously took me on a tour of Cardington where we visited the massive airship sheds, the cemetery and R.101 Memorial, and the Cardington Church.

Cardington Airship Sheds

Den and Trevor are a wealth of information about British lighter-than-air aviation and I was especially honored to be given a tour of Den’s impressive personal research library.

Den Burchmore in his personal research library

Trevor has been fascinated by airships most of his life; his family has been in Cardington for centuries and we visited the graves of his great-grandparents, who are buried in the same cemetery as the victims of the R.101 disaster.

R.101 Ensign in Cardington Church

R.101 Memorial in Cardington

RAF Graves in Cardington

Cardington Church

A Graveyard and the Airship Sheds

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Heading to Cardington

Dan Grossman — Thu, 09 May 2013 17:55:44 +0000

I am flying to the UK this weekend in connection with several projects, including a documentary film, and I am looking forward to my visit to Cardington to meet with several people from the wonderful Airship Heritage Trust which has done such great work on the history of British airships.

Of course I am also looking forward to seeing the famous Cardington airship sheds. So far the owner of Shed 1 is reluctant to allow us inside the building because it is undergoing a major renovation, but perhaps they will change their minds and allow us just a peek. I am happy to wear a hardhat and just poke my nose in the door. 🙂

Trevor Monk has kindly agreed to be my guide and I am very much looking forward to the visit. And I will also get a chance to see a number of good friends in London while I am in the UK.

The Airship Sheds at Cardington
(Photo credit: G1MFG)

New Television Documentary in June

On an unrelated subject I am featured in a new television documentary about the Hindenburg that will be broadcast in the USA for the first time in June. I just saw the final cut and it looks great, and I will be able to publish details and a trailer in a few weeks.

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