The ill fated R101 airship which in on its maiden voyage in 1930 crashed into a hillside in northern France, was built and flew from here.
One of the hangers is now owned by Advanced Technologies Group who are trying to revive the airship business. The other hanger is used as a super big sound stage for films. Warner Bros shot scenes for 'Batman Begins' inside the hanger, as well as a number of other films including (according to wikipedia) several James Bond films.
5 comments:
Those are enormous! Off now to read up on airships.
Love the history behind them
Really massive!
That is really interesting. Great shot!
Wow these are HUGE!You can hardly see the cars next to them. Fab.
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