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.
James Smith 💾@DreadShips as my daughter’s school says, it’s a growth mindset! We learn best from our mistakes!
@Floppy bit of a segue, but I'm still buzzing about using precisely this argument to get Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell to tell the story of the radio telescope and the Australian microwave. Nothing more fun than a legend and genuine expert getting to tell one of the classic humorous stories from their field, and I'm delighted to report she absolutely nailed it.
@DreadShips ooh that sounds really good, where would a media consumer obtain such a thing?
@Floppy no idea! She was opening a lab and giving a lecture at our local posh school, and my eldest was invited to meet and have dinner with her as a token pleb, so I toddled along to the lecture.
They say not to meet your heroes but she's absolutely marvellous. My eldest and their mate were staggered by the amount of interest she had in them and their plans, and she's very funny too.
@DreadShips oh, that sounds amazing. I was hoping it was a podcast or something 😄
@Floppy sadly not - despite my wife's encouragement I'm convinced I've got a face for radio and a voice for Teletext, so...