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Car Review
Top Gear Technology Centre Caravan Airship review
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“It’s still a caravan. But a flying one. You float in the infinite blue. It’s superb!”
Good stuff
The elegance and majesty of lighter-than-air flight, an unhitched freedom previously unknown to caravanists
Bad stuff
The risk of crashing in a giant fireball, or accidentally entering the airspace of a strange regional airport
Overview
What is it?
The world’s first caravan airship, a glorious red blimp holding 100,000 cubic feet of hot air, or slightly less when it goes baggy due to a grave shortage of propane.
Suspended beneath is a caravan, which acts as a gondola. Just think – you (i)could(i) tow it along the road with a 2.0-litre diesel, which would annoy everyone else, or you could hang it beneath a rudimentary sack of air, and float gracefully to a swinger’s retreat in south Dorset, which is presumably where you’re going.
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What's the verdict?
“Easily one of the most effective ways of removing caravans from the road without dynamite”
