G-BAMK

Category: hardware Sub-category: airships

Catalogue number: H2/0003

Horizontal striped airship, each quarter being red, white, blue, white, red. The two fins are red.

Horizontal striped airship, each quarter being red, white, blue, white, red. The two fins are red.

Details

Description:	A Cameron D-96 Hot Air Airship, serial number 72, named Isibidbi. This is the first successful hot air airship world wide. First flown on 4 January 1973 at Lockinge, Berkshire. The Airship carried Dortmunder & Pilkskrone artwork which has since been removed. Logbook held by the BBM&L but no details have been entered.
Name:	Isibidbi/Mike Kilo
Type:	Cameron D-96 Airship
Serial No.:	72
History:	11 January 1973 First owners: Cameron Balloons Limited 6 December 1980 Certificate of Airworthiness expired 24 November 1986 Withdrawn from use 7 February 1989 New owner: David Liddiard 24 April 1990 Certificate of Airworthiness expired 16 August 2000 Registration cancelled by the CAA
Donated by:	David Liddiard, 1991
Image(s) credit:	Tim Turner