ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 68399
Last updated: 21 May 2013
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| Date: | 29-SEP-2009 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | LINDSTRAND LBL GT110 |
| Operator: | BBC TV/Top Gear Productions |
| Registration: | G-TOPG |
| C/n / msn: | 1266 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Eltisley, Cambridgeshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - |
This Hot Air Airship had been rigged up with a caravan replacing the basket for a Top Gear television programme stunt. Show presenter James May was guiding the airship for a landing on the cricket pitch at Eltisley when the craft was blown off course into a tree. The speed of impact was said to be under 5mph. James May was unharmed but the airship was substantially damaged.
Registration G-TOPG cancelled 10/5/2010 as "Permanently withdrawn from use"
Sources:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/6247486/Top-Gear-caravan-stunt-backfires.html
http://www.microlightforum.com/showthread.php?2535-James-May-wasn-t-P1-on-G-TOPG-Airship
http://forums.flyer.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=59726
http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=reg&fullregmark=TOPGhttp://www.lindstrand.co.uk/topgear.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Oct-2009 22:59 | ACW367 | Added |
| 29-Nov-2009 20:59 | 217.146.110.143 | Updated |
| 15-Sep-2012 15:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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