Dreadnought HolidayPermit me to suggest the claim on Wikipedia that His Majesty's Airship Number One "provided valuable technical experience for British airship designers" is an overly sunny assessment of the featured predicament.
"You lad!"
"Yessir?"
"See that there?"
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"Valuable technical experience."
"Are you sure, sir?"
"VERY VALUABLE."
"Yessir?"
"See that there?"
"Yessir?"
"Valuable technical experience."
"Are you sure, sir?"
"VERY VALUABLE."
Coprolite9000@DreadShips
I do like how it's a whole new class of ship - of the air, completely avoiding many of the hazards faced by traditional waterborne ships - yet still manages to beach itself on a sandbank.
I do like how it's a whole new class of ship - of the air, completely avoiding many of the hazards faced by traditional waterborne ships - yet still manages to beach itself on a sandbank.