Chitty Bang Bang (airship) storm tore the point of attachment of the mooring ropes, destroyed it totally. Chitty Bang Bang (airship) Chitty Bang Bang was an airship built for the 1968 film "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang". It was intended to represent the airship of Baron Bomburst of Vulgaria. Although fictional in inspiration, it was a fully functional flying airship. Vulgaria, and the airship, is drawn from Roald Dahl's screenplay for the film, rather than Ian Fleming's original book. The semi-rigid airship, whose appearance was designed by Ken Adam, was an approximate replica of a 1904 Lebaudy airship. The envelope was symmetrical fore-and-aft and short
Come to the Funfair stage production of the same name and was fashioned into a big transitional dance number. It was choreographed by Gillian Lynne. The song was directed with a "tinge of the psychedelic" by Royal Shakespeare Company director Adrian Noble partly as an ode to the original film's director's (Ken Hughes') fresh filmic treatment of the story. In the stage production of "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" a slide whistle is featured in the song. Come to the Funfair "Come to the Funfair" (originally called "Funfair") is a song first written for the 1968 musical film "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" but was cut