Posts in quick succession? Shhhhh, don't ruin the illusion of the blog schedule... ;)
Actually, I just had this recent sketch at hand and thought I'd display it.
Its an airship observation ride. As in, a genuine tethered airship that carries large groups of people up for a long distance viewing experience.
I pondered how this would be possible for ages. As far as I'm aware, real hot air balloon trips are insanely expensive, and so the idea of doing that on a massive scale, several dozen times a day... seem out of reach.
But could the airship be attached to a long supporting beam, much like those "flying island" viewing platforms that already exist around the theme park world. Sure, it wouldn't look as free as with only a rope attached, but you could cover it through story.
Say, the airship had only just been built and the designers want to test its air resistance and load-bearing capabilities. They could have decided to do this by raising the whole think out of the hangar on a huge cantilever =)
How possible would this be I wonder. There's already an upcharge observation balloon at the Paris resort...
I also want to mention the various accounts I have for displaying stuff at this point.
Firstly, there's my Flikr account, for still images. This can be found here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27832896@N07/
And then there's the Youtube account, riiiight here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/HomeImagineering
Those links are for when you want to skip the chatter and get right to the point!
There will also be stuff posted there that I won’t refer to here, you should also note!