Chitty Bang Bang (airship)

[2] Vulgaria, and the airship, is drawn from Roald Dahl's screenplay for the film, rather than Ian Fleming's original book.

[1] The ends of the airship envelope were coloured with bands of the Vulgarian tricolor: black and purple on white.

[1] The airship was built in 1967 by Malcolm Brighton[i] with the assistance of Giles Camplin,[ii] Arthur Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 7th Baron Ventry[iii] and Anthony Smith.

[2] On one flight by Malcolm Brighton and Derek Piggott the airship collided with two sets of high-voltage power wires, causing much damage.

Soon after it was repaired, a freak storm tore the point of attachment of the mooring ropes, destroying it totally.