Meet The Personal Airship (Thunder Colt As-56)

Ever wondered if it's possible to steer a hot air balloon, ever dreamed of a personal blimp (like airship legend Santos Dumont) the AS-56 might be for you - click here to learn more about Hot Air Airships • Hot Air Airship / Ther...
This is G-BTXH a 1991 airship build by aircraft manufacture Thunder and Colt of Oswestry England.
Specifically built to be small and manoeuvrable the airship can only lift 1 and is powered by a Koenig 3 cylinder microlight engine, and single hot air balloon burner all mounted in a custom frame which is suspended beneath the airship envelope.
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I love thermal airships. I wish they still made them.

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Cool video, keep up the amazing hot air balloon content!

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where was this

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Mostly shot at midlands air fest, with the end screen section filmed at sackville Lodge airfield Bedfordshire.

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oh we
live quite close to ragley hall

[@arunpraveennadimpalli604]

I am Arun from and I am 16 i am trying to build my own how air balloon can you help me in building an hot air ballon