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
Michael Birkett, 2nd Baron Birkett 2001. Michael Birkett died in 2015 when the family title devolved upon the 3rd and present baron, his only child and heir, Tom Birkett, a cinematographer. Michael Birkett, 2nd Baron Birkett Michael Birkett, 2nd Baron Birkett (22 October 1929 – 3 April 2015) was a British film producer/director, author and hereditary peer. The only son of Norman, 1st Baron Birkett by his wife, Ruth ("née" Nilsson), Birkett attended Stowe before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge (MA). On 10 February 1962, he succeeded his father as the 2nd Baron Birkett, a UK Peerage title created in 1958. Birkett produced Sir