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Top Gear Blimp Apparently Crashes into Field, James May OK

By Erin Riches | October 1, 2009

Photo source: Geoff Robinson Photography via Daily Mail

It happened during filming of a stunt for Top Gear, of course, and James May was aboard a camper van held aloft by an airship, or blimp, or if you prefer, dirigible. Strong winds blew the blimp off course, and it ended up on its side in a farmer's field off the A428, the Daily Mail reported. May emerged unharmed, but the winds evidently precluded shooting another take. Thanks to Bob Holland for the tip.

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Categories: Celebrities

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m3shmem3 says:

11:04 AM, 10/ 1/09

Soooo...there's no chance it landed on Hammond while he was mugging it up for the cameras desperately trying not to be out of the shot for more than seven seconds? Come on, I'm not the only one who'd like to see that.

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altimadude00 says:

11:18 AM, 10/ 1/09

And I thought it was Jeremy who had the inflated ego.

Certainly with all his experience sailing cars he could sail a blimp.

BTW: Dirigibles are heavier-than-air aircraft that have a rigid frame inside the gas bag. This is just a blimp since there is no inside structure.

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actualsize says:

11:45 AM, 10/ 1/09

I see that Cap'n Slow found a method of travelling even slower.

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