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The newly formed Colonial Airlines Co. of the Colony of Ollieland is now offering Airships for sale to the rest of the nations of NS. The Airship is the traditional method of travel in Ollieland and Colonial Airlines carries millions of Ollielanders across the nation every year. Our airships range from freigters and passenger liners to advanced military craft, and are a welcome, yet under utilised, addition to any nations armed forces.

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- Large orders (over $50b) 10%
- Prefered nations 15%

Happy shopping!!

Oliver Nixon
Sales and Marketing Director for Colonial Airlines

Here at Colonial Airlines we offer three basic types of airship - the Sparrow, the Eagle and the Albatross.This section gives the details for their basic design. The next section details their variants that we offer for sale.


The Sparrow

This is the basic small airship used throughout Ollieland by Colonial Airlines. There are many pivately owned Sparrows throughout Ollieland and it is used by many companies for transport.

Balloon Size - 30m x 10m x 10m
Gondala Size - 10m x 5m x 3m (single deck)
Lifting Gas - Helium
Propulsion - 2 x rear mounted 1.5m propellors
Power - 2 x 1500v rechargeable batteries
Air Crew - 3 (Captain/Pilot, Co-Pilot/Navigator, Engineer)
Ground Crew - 20
Range - 2500 miles


The Eagle

The workhorse of the nation, this airship is used by Colonial Airlines and all the branches of Ollielands military. The Eagle uses a new type of gas developed by our own R & D team. Hydrogen was discarded as a lifting gas many years ago due to its volatility, and replaced with the safer, but less efficient, helium. Our scientists have developed Hydrargon, a compound of Hydrogen and Argon. This combines the lifting power of hydrogen and the inertness of argon. The Eagle also uses solar power rather than batteries. Photocells are stitched into the skin of the balloon, and convert sunlight to electricity to power the craft. The balloon is in fact made up of several balloons inside the skin of one big balloon. This increases safety and provides some proof against small arms fire - it is very difficult to shoot out every single balloon.

Balloon Size - 60m x 20m x 20m
Gondala Size - 20m x 10m x 5m (2 decks)
Lifting Gas - Hydrargon
Propulsion - 2 x rear mounted 2m propellors
2 x side mounted 1.5m propellors
Power - Solar. Holds three backup 1500v batteries
Air Crew - 6 (Captain, Pilot, Co-Pilot, Navigator, 2 x Engineers)
Ground Crew - 50
Range - Unlimited (Unless its very cloudy or nightime!)


The Albatross

A rare sight, this beast of a craft needs speciallly built airfields to land and take off. It is nuclear powered with a compartmented balloon and a huge 4 decked gondala. The Albatross is quite possibly the largest object that will ever fly.

Balloon Size - 150m x 50m x 50m
Gondala Size - 40m x 20m x 10m (4 decks)
Lifting Gas - Hydrargon
Propulsion - 3 rear mounted 3m propellors
4 side mounted 2m propellors
Power - Nuclear
Air Crew - (Captain, Pilot, 2 x Co-pilots, 2 x Navigators, 2 x Nuclear
Technicians, 4 x Engineers, Medic, Cook, 5 x crewmen)
Ground Crew - 100
Range - Limited only by supplies
Ground Crew -
Range -

- Sparrow Freighter

This small freighter can be used for commercial or military purposes and has a cargo hold of 80 cubic meters.

$10 million

- Eagle Freighter

This medium freighter can be used for commercial or military purposes and has a cargo hold of 900 cubic meters.

$20 million

- Albatross Freighter

This large freighter can be used for commercial or military purposes. The top deck of the gondala is used for the airships internal workings and the crew. The other decks have been removed to provie for a cargo hold of 6000 cubic meters.

$60 million

- Sparrow Passenger Liner

This small passenger liner can carry 30 passengers in relative comfort. In addition to crew this craft requires 2 hostesses.

$25 million

- Eagle Passenger Liner

This medium passenger liner can carry 60 passengers in comfort. In addition to crew this craft requires 4 hostesses.

$50 million

- Albatross Passenger Liner

This large passenger liner can carry 200 passengers in luxury. This is designed for luxurious overnight long distance travel, and is akin to travelling on a luxury sea cruiser. In additon to crew this vessel requires a support staff of 100 to see to the passengers every need.

$500 million

- Sparrow Executive Yacht

This variant of the Sparrow is the ultimate in personal luxury. The gondala has room for 10 passengers to travel and eat in luxury. The bottom of half of the gondala has been replaced with high tensile perspex to provide a view for passengers. In addition to crew, this vessel requires 5 staff to see to their passengers needs.

$30 million

- Eagle Executive Yacht

This variant of the Eagle contains bedrooms for 10, a dining room, kitchen, conference room and a small personal gym. This model is owned by the Governor of Ollieland and is designated Colonial One. In addition to crew, this vessel requires a staff of 10.

$100 million

- Sparrow Airborne Firefighter

This variant is used throughout southern Ollieland to fight forest fires, and has saved many lives. This model has 2 high pressure hoses mounted for and aft in the gondala, and can hold 50,000 litres of water. It also has a scoop device suspended from the gondala so water can be taken from lakes, swimming pools, reservoirs or even the sea. In addition to crew this model requires 4 firefighters.

$75 million

- Sparrow Riot Contrl Airship

This Sparrow variant is used widely by the Police of Ollieland. It has two water cannons located fore and aft of the armoured gondala, a loudspeaker system and a military communications system. It can also deploy a squad of 10 riot-control officers.

$75 million

We would like to purchase:

50 Eagle Freighters: $1,000,000,000
1 Eagle Executive Yacht: $100,000,000

Total: $1,100,000,000

Money wired upon confirmation. Thank you.

Order confrimed. Delivery should take place 6 months from now for the freighters, and 1 year from now for the executive yacht.
We are currently in negotiation with the government of Ollieland for an export liscence for the military spec airships we currently produce for the army, colonial navy, colonial airforce and colonial marines. These models shoild be available shortly.

Many Thanks

Oliver Nixon
Sales and Marketing Director for Colonial Airlines

Can you tell us how much weight these can hold?
-Dave Burough
Siapian Shipping League

The SRoR State Airlines would like to purchase the following:


30-Albatross Freighter-1.8 billion

50- Eagle Freighter-1 billion

50- Sparrow Passenger Liner-1.25 billion

50- Eagle Passenger Liner-$2.5 billion

10- Albatross Passenger Liner-5 billion

total: 11.55 billion

Order confrimed. Delivery should take place 3 years from now.
We are currently in negotiation with the government of Ollieland for an export liscence for the military spec airships we currently produce for the army, colonial navy, colonial airforce and colonial marines. These models should be available shortly.

Many Thanks

Oliver Nixon
Sales and Marketing Director for Colonial Airlines

Can you tell us how much weight these can hold?
-Dave Burough
Siapian Shipping League


OOC - To be honest, I just started this thread for a bit of fun. Can you imagine in RL an airship being used as a freighter!? So, in answer to your question, I have no idea. I would put a guess at about a tonne every 2 or 3 cubic metres, but this isn't backed up by any scientific fact.

OOC - To be honest, I just started this thread for a bit of fun. Can you imagine in RL an airship being used as a freighter!? So, in answer to your question, I have no idea. I would put a guess at about a tonne every 2 or 3 cubic metres, but this isn't backed up by any scientific fact.
OOC: An airship as a freighter is not an outlandish idea in fact it is being put into practice with the new rebirth of the airship in RL

OOC; I've just spent two hours working out the details and typing up my military airship models, and my 3 year old son (who should be asleep!) thought it would be really funny to turn the computer off before I could post, so it will have to wait untill tomorrow.

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