Prepare for take-off..

I have found the answer, people. If you want to do something, whinge about it in your blog and then it’ll happen. On Tuesday morning, I finally got to take to the skies in an air-filled vessel! Huzzah!  After the obligatory Hindenberg jokes with the other journalists that were flying, we went for our emergency procedure lecture (no lighters allowed apparently..) then it was time to fly.

I’ve clearly earned some Kharma points recently as the day was perfectly clear and warm so visibility was excellent.  Taking off from a small airfield near Upminster, the flight took us over the centre of London and gave me chance to fill my boots with stock aerial photography too.. 

With only enough room for twelve passengers at a time, everyone gets a window seat with great visibility and once the Zeppelin is off the ground, you’re free to move about and look for landmarks.  The back has a huge glass panel that you can sit over.  Anyone with vertigo probably won’t enjoy that part though as even I had a bit of a twinge when I looked directly down.

Priced at £360 for an hour, the flights are running until August 21, 2008.  30 minute sessions are also available for £185.

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