Blue Sky Thinking
Blue-Sky Thinking: The Shorts Brothers' Airships
6th May 2017 - 17th September 2017
Free Entry
2017 celebrates the centenary of airships being built here in Bedfordshire. The Shorts Brothers started building R.31, the first of their airships, at the Cardington sheds in 1917, as well as building homes for workers in the village that still heralds their name today, ‘Shortstown’. Discover the story of three remarkable brothers; Oswald, Eustace and Horace and their vision for a British airship industry. Come and understand more about the Zeppelin airship raids of WW1 and the impact of early airships on Bedfordshire and the wider world.