Curly's Airship r.100 Found in France

The first of the two model airships, r.100 and r.101, which were launched on October 5th 2000 from the coast near Hastings, England, has been found.  r.100 was recovered from a tree in the garden of M. Cadyck, in Watten, near St. Omer in France on the morning of October 6th, 2000.

The airship, which carried a voucher for a free copy of Curly's Airships in a watertight gondola slung beneath its belly, had flown some 110 km (70 miles) due east from its launch point.

M. Cadyck retrieved the deflated envelope of the airship from his tree and found the voucher in the gondola. No doubt somewhat bemused, he filled in the details of the find and posted the voucher off to us.  We received it this morning (October 12th) and and have written to him to confirm that the first copy of Curly's Airships to be sent out will be his.
  

The model airships r.100 (the dark object, top centre) and r.101 (the bright object bottom centre) after their launch from Fairlight, east of Hastings, England at midday 5th October 2000.