[Benh]

Originally Posted by Alfonzo

Not so, old chap.

Well, love the show or hate it, the flying caravan was no fake baby! Take 1 caravan (a real one, mind), fit 1 Rotax 2 stroke engine, 1 Honda Pressurisation engine, 1 6MW Propane Burner, full aviation electronics, controls, hydraulics, harnesses, replace the orginal chassis with an uber lightweight aluminium alloy one, use honeycombe composite panels for weight saving, ensure all these features are hidden away whilst in caravan mode, get the design approved by the CAA (including 6g crash survival), fill the propane cylinders with 60kg propane, fill the petrol tank with 20 litres unleaded, make an official test flight yourself, then hand it over to the BBC. Easy really.

The 'crash' was not staged nor planned. The rest of the story was staged to a certain extent (of course!), although the Top Gear guys were insistent that we turned a real caravan into a caravan airship with no fakery. And that's exactly what we did.

Al

From all the guys that know you and what a genuine bloke you are. Top Job for Top Gear fella. I do find it amazing, that for a bloke that's specialised in hot air balloons; that you have that much time for CGI!