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
John Petre, 18th Baron Petre John Petre, 18th Baron Petre John Patrick Lionel Petre, 18th Baron Petre, KCVO (born 4 August 1942) is a British peer and landowner who is the currently appointed Lord Lieutenant of Essex, succeeding Robin Henry Charles Neville, 10th Baron Braybrooke in October 2002. He is the 18th Baron of the Petre family, an old recusant family. Lord Petre lives near Chelmsford. His family estate is at Ingatestone Hall where his son and heir apparent, Dominic, and his family live. Petre and his wife Marcia had two sons Dominic and Mark and daughter Clare. Mark, a writer, was found dead at